thousandfold.
Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times.
Meaning & usage
Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times.
The changes to the algorithm resulted in a thousandfold increase in efficiency, earning the engineer a small brass plaque.
Having one thousand parts or members.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English thousendfold, from Old English þūsendfeald, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundīfalþaz, corresponding to thousand + -fold. Cognate with Dutch duizendvoud, duizendvoudig, German tausendfältig, Danish tusindfold, Swedish tusendfalt, tusendfaltig, Icelandic þúsundfalt.
By a factor of a thousand.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English thousendfold, from Old English þūsendfeald, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundīfalþaz, corresponding to thousand + -fold. Cognate with Dutch duizendvoud, duizendvoudig, German tausendfältig, Danish tusindfold, Swedish tusendfalt, tusendfaltig, Icelandic þúsundfalt.
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