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A measure of capacity in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a liter. It is a cubic centimeter, and is equal to .061 of an English cubic inch, or to .0338 of an American fluid ounce.

A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d Meter.

The thousandish part of a micron or the millionth part of a millimeter; -- a unit of length used in measuring light waves, etc.

The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand thousand, -- written 1,000, 000. See the Note under Hundred

The thousandth part of one weber.

More; -- usually, more in number. [Obs.] An hundred thousand mo. Chaucer. Likely to find mo to commend than to imitate it. Fuller.

ehold ... the solitary majesty of Crete, mother of a religion, it is said, that lived two thousand years. Landor.

w and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army. And the muster was thirty thousands of men. Wyclif. Ye publish the musters of your own bands, and proclaim them to amount of thousands. Hooker.

A prefix, esp. in the metric system, indicating ten thousand, ten thousand times; as, myriameter.

The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things.

A metric weight, consisting of ten thousand grams or ten kilograms. It is equal to 22.046 lbs. avoirdupois.

A metric measure of capacity, containing ten thousand liters. It is equal to 2641.7 wine gallons.

A metric measure of length, containing ten thousand meters. It is equal to 6.2137 miles.

A captain or commander of ten thousand men.

A measure of surface in the metric system containing ten thousand ares, or one million square meters. It is equal to about 247.1 acres.

ately; without delay or time of credit; as, to pay money on the nail. "You shall have ten thousand pounds on the nail." Beaconsfield. -- To hit the nail on the head, to hit most effectively; to do or say a thing in the right way.

Hence, mercantile business; trading. [Obs.] Who had lost, with these prizes, forty thousand pounds, after twenty years' negotiation in the East Indies. Evelyn.

To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation.

According to the French and American notation, a thousand octillions, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a million octillions, or a unit with fifty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.

To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand. Thy tears can not number the dead. Campbell. Numbering machine, a machine for printing consecutive numbers, as on railway tickets, bank bills, etc.