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- noun one part in a million equal parts
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Examples
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What does seventy million years mean to beings who live only one-millionth as long?
"Visionary's blind ambition, unintended consequnces." papersteven 2010
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The administration said the levels of the radioactive isotope xenon 133 were approximately equivalent to one-millionth the dose received from the sun, rocks or other natural sources.
U.S. Declines to Give Details on Radiation Stephen Power 2011
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The requirement could put a dent in many high-frequency strategies, which rely on the ability to get in and out of positions as speeds measured in milliseconds, or one-millionth of a second.
A Call to Pull Reins on Rapid-Fire Trade Scott Patterson 2011
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What does seventy million years mean to beings who live only one-millionth as long?
"Visionary's blind ambition, unintended consequnces." papersteven 2010
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Each dose contains 50 micrograms (a microgram is one-millionth of a gram and a gram is the weight of one-fifth of a teaspoon of water).
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Then, a line of tiny holes, less than one-millionth of a meter in diameter, is punched into the metal, spaced five micrometers apart.
Television 2010
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That represents less than one-millionth of the radioactivity that Tepco estimates was released in the first week of April at the Daiichi complex, when 520 tons of water leaked from a crack that was later filled.
Second Japanese Plant to Dump Tainted Water Mitsuru Obe 2011
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This about one one-millionth of the flow that would be taken away, after Oxbow Hatchery gets all the water it needs.
Getting to third base with our pristine Columbia Gorge (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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That represents less than one-millionth of the radioactivity that Tepco estimates was released in the first week of April at the Daiichi complex, when 520 tons of water leaked from a crack that was later filled.
Second Japanese Plant to Dump Tainted Water Mitsuru Obe 2011
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The White House Makes a ‘More Cowbell’ Joke Yesterday the usually not-at-all humorous White House Twitter feed celebrated it's one-millionth follower with a reference to SNL's classic "more cowbell" skit.
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