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Nanotechnology is the idea that we can create devices and machines all the way down to the nanometer scale, which is a billionth of a meter, about half the width of a human DNA molecule.
Paul McEuen

Meaning of "billionth" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BILLIONTH

billionth  [ˈbɪljənθ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BILLIONTH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Billionth is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BILLIONTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Billionth

One billionth is the reciprocal of a billion, which means it has one of two definitions depending on whether the long scale or short scale definition is being used.

Definition of billionth in the English dictionary

The definition of billionth in the dictionary is being the ordinal number for one billion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BILLIONTH


centillionth
sɛnˈtɪljənθ
decillionth
dɪˈsɪljənθ
jillionth
ˈdʒɪljənθ
millionth
ˈmɪljənθ
nonillionth
nəʊˈnɪljənθ
octillionth
ɒkˈtɪljənθ
quadrillionth
kwɒˈdrɪljənθ
quintillionth
kwɪnˈtɪljənθ
septillionth
sepˈtɪljənθ
sextillionth
seksˈtɪljənθ
trillionth
ˈtrɪljənθ
zillionth
ˈzɪljənθ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BILLIONTH

billiard
billiard ball
billiard cue
billiard table
billiards
billies
billing
Billings method
billingsgate
billion
billionaire
Billiton
billman
billon
billow
billowiness
billowing
billowy
billposter
billposting

WORDS THAT END LIKE BILLIONTH

anomalistic month
calendar month
draconic month
flavour of the month
honeymonth
lunar month
midmonth
month
nodical month
sidereal month
solar month
synodic month
tropical month
twelvemonth

Synonyms and antonyms of billionth in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «billionth» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BILLIONTH

Find out the translation of billionth to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of billionth from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «billionth» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

十亿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

milmillonésima
570 millions of speakers

English

billionth
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

billionth
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المليار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

миллиардная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bilionésimo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কোটি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

milliardième
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bilion
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Milliardstel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

10億分の1
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

억분의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Milyar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tỷ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பில்லியனில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अब्जावन्न
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

milyarıncı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bilionesimo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

miliardowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мільярдна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

miliardime
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δισεκατομμυριοστό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

biljoenste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

miljarddel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

milliarddel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of billionth

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BILLIONTH»

The term «billionth» is normally little used and occupies the 110.371 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BILLIONTH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «billionth» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «billionth» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about billionth

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2 QUOTES WITH «BILLIONTH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word billionth.
1
Zachary Levi
I'll watch a Pixar movie over and over and over again. I'll be with friends of mine who have kids, that want to watch 'Finding Nemo,' and I'm like, 'Yeah, okay, let's watch 'Nemo' again, for the seven billionth time!,' because they're amazing movies.
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Paul McEuen
Nanotechnology is the idea that we can create devices and machines all the way down to the nanometer scale, which is a billionth of a meter, about half the width of a human DNA molecule.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BILLIONTH»

Discover the use of billionth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to billionth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Almost Green: How I Saved 1/6th of a Billionth of the Planet
A suburbia-raised skeptic of the environmental movement traces his efforts to build a "green" writing studio on a modest budget, an effort throughout which he explored concerns related to the actual costs and benefits of a "sustainable ...
James Glave, 2008
2
Nanoscale Science: Activities for Grades 6-12
I. Chapter. 3. One. in. a. Billion. Overview. How do you get students to understand a number as small as one-billionth? Through a hands-on dilution activity using food coloring, students will learn about parts per billion. A matching card game ...
‎2007
3
Decision and Dissent
Monica raised the tablet and read from her notes “. . . only one thousandth of a billionth—of a billionth—of a billionth—of a billionth—of a billionth—of a billionth —of a billionth—of a billionth—of a billionth—of one percent of the universe's ...
David Brianza, 2012
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Optoelectronic Integrated Circuit Design and Device Modeling
2-D AC nanometer, one-billionth of a meter (= 10À9m) micrometer, one-millionth of a meter (= 10À6m) femtosecond, one-millionth of a billionth of a second (= 10À15s) picosecond, one-thousandth of a billionth of a second (= 10À12s) ...
Jianjun Gao, 2011
5
The Follower: An Indestructible Hero Fights for His Country
Since there are a million microseconds in a second, this means we use 96.85 divided by a million, and we get 96.85 microwatts in a microsecond or 96.85 nanowatts in a billionth of a second from the food we eat each day. This would equate ...
John Durbin Husher, 2009
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A Case for the Existence of God
stant had been negative at, say —0.000001, the universe would have only lasted for ten-thousandth of a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a second.11 Either of these scenarios, of course, would not allow for life.
Dean L. Overman, 2008
7
From the Big Bang to the Big Crunch and Everything In ...
The smallest amount of time scientists have ever measured was termed attosecond, which is a billionth ofa billionth ofa second. But when we are talking about the time of the Big Bang, even this extremely small amount of time is too large. Time ...
Vlad Van Rosenthal, 2011
8
Physicists in Conflict: From Antiquity to the New Millennium
This time is about one billionth billionth billionth billionth billionth of a second. General relativity predicts that at the origin itself there will be a singularity, that is, an infinitely high density and an infinitely small size, but we cannot at present go  ...
Neil A. Porter, 1998
9
How Old Is the Universe?
This increase in volume by a factor of about ten to the fiftieth power (1050) occurred when the universe was only ten to the minus thirty-five seconds old (ten billionths of one billionth of one billionth of one billionth of a second) and lasted until ...
David A. Weintraub, 2011
10
Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction
Box 2.1 The Nine Billionth Person On October 12, 1999, by all best estimates, the six billionth living person was born (compared to the perhaps hundred billion who have ever lived). She or he entered a world very unlike that into which the five ...
Paul Robbins, John Hintz, Sarah A. Moore, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BILLIONTH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term billionth is used in the context of the following news items.
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Faster lasers could reveal better data storage
“Today, nanosecond lasers—lasers that pulse light at one-billionth of a second—are used to record information on DVDs and Blu-ray disks, ... «Futurity: Research News, Jul 15»
2
Fundamental observation of spin-controlled electrical conduction in …
... timescale at which the electron scattering occurs, that is sub-100 femtosecond (1 fs = 10-15 s, i.e. one millionth of one billionth of a second). «Nanotechnology News, Jul 15»
3
Ashton Kutcher Married Mila Kunis at Secret Wedding: Demi Moore …
You're all dressed up in a Onesie watching the billionth episode of Supernatural on Netflix when the doorbell rings. You get up from your $1000 ... «Celebrity Dirty Laundry, Jul 15»
4
Humans "Episode 2" Review: System Update Required
Laura complained about Anita for the billionth time, Mattie/Matilda continued to show why she's the Worst Teen in the World, and Leo searched ... «TV.com, Jul 15»
5
How our ears work – Deaf Education
It moves as little as a billionth of a centimeter. The other side of the drum is connected to the first of three small bones (the smallest in your body) ... «North Lake News Register, Jul 15»
6
Photo-doping: Making a better semiconductor
A femtosecond is 1 quadrillionth, or 1 millionth of 1 billionth, of a second. photo-induced-phase-transition-1. “The laser pulses act like dopants ... «ScienceBlog.com, Jul 15»
7
Rays 2, Yanks 3: Happy 4th place -- er, 4th of July
Souza responded by fanning for the eleventy-billionth straight at-bat. The second inning was where it got really frustrating though. Asdrubal ... «DRaysBay, Jul 15»
8
A floating holographic plasma display that you can touch
... for an incredibly short period of time—on the order of one quadrillionth of a second (or one millionth of one billionth of a second, if you prefer). «Ars Technica UK, Jul 15»
9
Floating plasma display makes fairies a reality
A femtosecond is one millionth of one billionth of a second, whereas a nanosecond is one billionth of a second. These shorter pulses can't ... «Engadget, Jul 15»
10
How to control poison ivy, and protect yourself
It takes only one billionth of a gram to cause a rash. Because urushiol can penetrate the skin in about 10 minutes, the following steps should be ... «Tahlequah Daily Press, Jul 15»

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