nth

(ĕnth)
adj.

1. Relating to an unspecified ordinal number: ten to the nth power.
2. Highest; utmost: delighted to the nth degree.

[N², indefinite number + -TH³.]

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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 degree in completing his own work—he has always said that he works 'one word at a time'—L. S. Dorman et al., 1990.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - n'te (n'te potens)

abbr. - nord

Nederlands (Dutch)
N., uiterst, tot de nde macht (wiskunde), de zoveelste

Français (French)
adj. - (Math, fig) énième

abbr. - (abrév = North) Nord

Deutsch (German)
adj. - n-ter

abbr. - Norden

Ελληνική (Greek)
abbr. - νιοστή (δύναμη), βορράς
adj. - νιοστός, απειράριθμος

Italiano (Italian)
Nord

Português (Portuguese)
abbr. - n
adj. - enésimo (m) (Mat.)

Русский (Russian)
энный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - Norte, enésimo, el último de una serie

abbr. - Norte

Svenska (Swedish)
abbr. - norr, nord-
adj. - n-te (mat.), femtioelfte

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
第n个的

第n个的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
abbr. - 第n個的

adj. - 第n個的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - n번째의, 최근의

abbr. - north(북방)

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 極端な

idioms:

• to the nth degree    極度に, 最大限に

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(اختصار) آخر, أقصى (صفه) آخر, أقصى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של מספר סודר כלשהו, של הערך הגבוה/הנמוך ביותר‬
abbr. - ‮צפון‬

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