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ONE THOUSAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Synonyms:
1000; chiliad; G; grand; K; M; one thousand; thou; thousand; yard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("one thousand" is a kind of...):
large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "one thousand"):
millenary (a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years))
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
Synonyms:
1000; k; m; one thousand; thousand
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples:
A natural number following 999999 and preceding 1000001 and the quantity that it denotes: one thousand thousands.
(Million, NCI Thesaurus)
One thousand cubic centimeters equal one liter.
(Cubic centimeter, NCI Dictionary)
A metric unit of volumetric radioactivity concentration defined as a concentration of a radionuclide with an activity equal to one thousand becquerels per unit volume equal to one millionth of a liter.
(Kilobecquerel per Microliter, NCI Thesaurus)
One thousand ccs equal one liter.
(Cc, NCI Dictionary)
But first they pay me my seven hundred and fifty dollars a month. Also, they make me a present of one thousand dollars.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
On Friday night he finished the serial, twenty-one thousand words long.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He considered that it might be done in one thousand six hundred and forty-nine years, counting from the Doctor's last, or sixty-second, birthday.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
One thousand mls equal one liter.
(Ml, NCI Dictionary)
A unit of atomic mass equal to one thousand daltons.
(Kilodalton, NCI Thesaurus)
A mass unit equal to one thousand daltons.
(Kilodalton, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
