Thousand Times (Adverb)
Meaning
By three orders of magnitude; "this poison is a thousand-fold more toxic".
Examples
- The new policy change is thousand times more complicated than what we had before and will take months to fully implement.
- This chemical reaction accelerates by thousand times when left in direct sunlight compared to a shaded area.
- The new solar panels we're developing are thousand times more efficient than the ones from a decade ago.
- Using a supercomputer for calculations is thousand times faster than using the most powerful computer available for personal use.
- A rare genetic mutation can make someone thousand times more likely to contract a certain disease than the general population.