millionième

Millionième is a French word referring to the ordinal number corresponding to one million. It is used to denote the one millionth item in a sequence or series. For example, the millionième customer would be the one millionth person to make a purchase. This term is encountered in various contexts, including mathematics, statistics, and general language.

In mathematics, the millionième term in a sequence is often represented symbolically. If a sequence is denoted by $a_n$, then the millionième term would be $a_{1,000,000}$. This concept is fundamental in understanding the behavior of sequences as they extend to very large numbers.

In everyday language, the term "millionième" emphasizes the vastness of a quantity or the significant milestone represented by reaching one million. It can be used for emphasis, highlighting something as being exceptionally rare or the culmination of a long process. For instance, one might describe the millionième successful experiment or the millionième visitor to a landmark. The concept is directly translatable to other languages, with English using "millionth" and similar forms appearing in other Romance languages.