nth — [ enθ ] adjective only before noun INFORMAL used for talking about a very high number or level at the end of a series: for the nth time: His book has just been rejected for the nth time. to the nth degree (=as much as possible): The crew was… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
nth — [enth] adj. [< (SEVE)NTH, (ELEVE)NTH] 1. expressing the ordinal equivalent to n 2. of the indefinitely large or small quantity represented by n to the nth degree or to the nth power 1. to an indefinite degree or power 2 … English World dictionary
nth — [enθ] adj [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: n mathematical sign for a number of unknown value + th] 1.) to the nth degree informal extremely, or as much as possible ▪ It was boring to the nth degree. 2.) [only before noun] informal the most recent of a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
nth — The popularized extension of the expression to the nth degree from the language of mathematics to general usage in the meaning ‘to the utmost’ has continued despite Fowler s disapproval of it (1926): • Leonard could be fastidious to the nth… … Modern English usage
nth — th adj. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series; as, to the nth degree. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nth — 1852, in phrase to the nth, figurative use of a mathematical term indicating indefinite number, in which n is an abbreviation for NUMBER (Cf. number) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
nth — ► ADJECTIVE 1) Mathematics denoting an unspecified term in a series. 2) denoting the last or latest item in a long series … English terms dictionary
NTH — Die Niedersächsische Technische Hochschule (NTH) ist der vom niedersächsischen Wissenschaftsminister Lutz Stratmann geplante Zusammenschluss der drei technisch orientierten Universitäten Braunschweig, Clausthal und Hannover.[1] Der Name lehnt… … Deutsch Wikipedia
nth — see N(1). * * * abbr. North * * * /ˈɛnθ/ adj used to refer to an unknown number in a series of numbers I told him for the nth time that I would not support him. [=I told him again that I would not support him, as I have told him many times… … Useful english dictionary
nth — UK [enθ] / US adjective [only before noun] informal used for talking about a very high number or level at the end of a series for the nth time: His book has just been rejected for the nth time. to the nth degree (= as much as possible): The crew… … English dictionary
