lakhth

1. MyanmarSouth Asianot comparablerareBeing one of a lakh equal parts of a whole.

   It is clear that we are not properly aware of even the ten-lakhth part of anything.

   2014, Vinod Kumar Mishra, translated by Ashutosh Garg, “Appendix – 2: Thomas Alva Edison: In the Mirror of Thoughts”, in The Life and Times of Thomas Alva Edison, New Delhi: Ocean Books, →ISBN, page 159

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   The nucleus, which occupies just one-lakhth part of the volume of of^([sic]) an atom, contains all its mass, and consists of neutral neutrons and positively charged protons, bound by non-electromagnetic nuclear force.

   1986, N[adimpalli] V[enkata] B[ala] S[ubrahmanya] Dutt, “Isotopic geochronology”, in Geology and Mineral Resources of Andhra Pradesh and Late Proterozoic Stratigraphy and Middle and Late Proterozoic Tectonic Evolution of Peninsular India, 3rd edition, Hyderabad, Telangana: Natural Resources Development Cooperative Society, →OCLC, page 51

   Since the perspective of the observer is just one lakhth part of the earth’s atmosphere, about one million visible meteors fall on earth every hour.

   2002 September, Rajendra Kumar ‘Rajiv’, “The Discovery of Meteors and Meteor Showers”, in World-Famous Discoveries, 18th edition, New Delhi: Pustak Mahal, →ISBN, page 111

   And as much the attitude will increase, the iron matter, too will go on increasing, that much less and less the weight of the column or iron will be equal to a tola in weight, the iron column will be of less than the thousand lakhth part of a Ratti.

   2005, Ahmad Raza Khan Bareilvi, translated by Abdul Hamid Maiskar and Muhammad Iqbal Noori, “Forty Second Resistance”, in A Fair Success Refuting Motion of Earth, Karachi: Idara-e-Tahqeeqat-e-Imam Ahmad Raza International, page 165

   Synonyms: hundred-thousandth, one-hundred-thousandth

plural lakhths

1. MyanmarSouth AsiarareOne of a lakh equal parts of a whole.

   Divide 846.25093 by 2440.683 correct to the nearest lakhth.

   2014, S. K. Singh, Samresh Chauhan, “Contracted Method of Division”, in Commercial Arithmetic: Class XI, revised edition, Agra, Uttar Pradesh: SBPD Publications, →ISBN, page 45

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   If we are to revive these industries and make the country self contained^([sic]) and prvide^([sic]) for millions of our people, with an opportunity to save themselves, while serving the nation, we must tackle this question, and see that the people get to be national-minded. In this connection I would only say if only one ten lakhth. 10,00,000 of the amount that is being spent on mechanisation, was spent on the revival of the old industries, that happen to be there, despite many handicaps and hardships, the whole problem of self-sufficiency in food and clothing, together with that of unemployment, would be solved at one stroke.

   1952, C. Sri Kishen, “An appeal for Unity”, in 45 Years a Rebel, Hyderabad, Telangana: Deccan Printing Press, →OCLC, part I (Hyderabad Problems), page 129

   They [students] came up with thousandths and ten-thousandths themselves. In fact, a girl was asking that^([sic]) there can be lakh-ths^([sic]) and ten-lakhths also. They were making connections and extending it….

   2017 November 23, Shikha Takker, K. Subramaniam, quoting Nandini [pseudonym], “Knowledge demands in teaching decimal numbers”, in Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, volume 22 (1 June 2019), Dordrecht: Springer, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 268

   Synonyms: hundred-thousandth, one-hundred-thousandth