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billionth

/ˈbɪljənθ/ordinal number

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अरबवाँ

Core word

ordinal number
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    coming after 999,999,999 others in a series

    अरबवाँ

    • The company celebrated its billionth download.
    • The billionth visitor to the website received a small prize.
    • The factory produced its billionth bottle this month.
    + 2 more examples
    • The billionth person to be vaccinated received a certificate.
    • The clock showed the billionth second of the experiment.
noun
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    [C]

    each of one billion equal parts of something

    अरबवाँ भाग

    • A nanosecond is a billionth of a second.
    • One nanometre is a billionth of a metre.
    • Light travels about thirty centimetres in a billionth of a second.
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    • A nanogram is a billionth of a gram.
    • The instrument can measure a billionth of a metre.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

the billionth + noun (ordinal)

Billionth is an ordinal number, so it takes the before it, like the tenth or the hundredth.

'Billionth' ordinal number है, इसलिए tenth या hundredth की तरह इसके पहले 'the' आता है।

  • The billionth visitor won a prize.
  • This is the billionth time I have told you.

a billionth / one billionth of sth (fraction)

As a noun, a billionth means one of a billion equal parts; it is followed by of.

Noun के रूप में 'a billionth' का अर्थ एक अरब बराबर भागों में से एक है; इसके बाद 'of' आता है।

  • A nanometre is a billionth of a metre.
  • A billionth of a second is very short.

billionth (rare in everyday use)

The word is mostly used in science, measurement and exaggeration.

यह शब्द अधिकतर विज्ञान, मापन और अतिशयोक्ति में प्रयुक्त होता है।

  • The sensor can detect a billionth of a gram.

billionth vs one billionth

One billionth of a quantity is a precise fraction; the billionth means the number-position billion in a series.

किसी मात्रा का 'one billionth' एक सटीक भिन्न है; 'the billionth' श्रृंखला में एक अरबवाँ स्थान है।

  • The company welcomed its billionth customer.

billionth vs billion (spelling and use)

Billion is the number and billionth is its ordinal or fraction; do not write billionth for the plain number.

'Billion' संख्या है और 'billionth' उसका ordinal या भिन्न रूप है; सामान्य संख्या के लिए 'billionth' न लिखें।

  • A billion people cheered, and the billionth ticket was sold.
+Collocations 5

the billionth + noun

customervisitordownloadsecondday

  • The website recorded its billionth visitor.

a billionth of + unit

a metrea seconda grama litre

  • A nanosecond is a billionth of a second.

verb + billionth

reachwelcomecelebraterecordmark

  • The app has reached its billionth download.

billionth + phrase

billionth timebillionth partbillionth chancebillionth of a percent

  • I have told him for the billionth time to close the gate.

nanometre-type units

a billionth of a metrea billionth of a seconda billionth of a gram

  • The part was accurate to a billionth of a metre.
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  • The platform celebrated its billionth user last night.

प्लेटफ़ॉर्म ने कल रात अपने अरबवें उपयोगकर्ता का जश्न मनाया।

  • A nanometre is one billionth of a metre.

एक nanometre मीटर का एक अरबवाँ भाग होता है।

  • That is the billionth time you have lost your keys.

तुम अपनी चाबियाँ अरबवीं बार खो चुके हो।

  • A billionth of a gram of the chemical is enough to affect the test.

उस रसायन का ग्राम का एक अरबवाँ भाग भी परीक्षण को प्रभावित करने के लिए पर्याप्त है।

  • The billionth customer received a free phone.

अरबवें ग्राहक को एक मुफ़्त फ़ोन मिला।

  • The scientist measured a change of one billionth of a second.

वैज्ञानिक ने एक सेकंड के अरबवें भाग का परिवर्तन मापा।

!Common mistakes 1

✗ She was billionth customer of the bank.

✓ She was the billionth customer of the bank.

An ordinal number needs the definite article.

Ordinal number के पहले definite article 'the' आता है।