hundred-thousandfold

hundred-thousandfold adjective: by a factor of one hundred thousand.

Adjective

hundred-thousandfold (not comparable)

By a factor of one hundred thousand.
- A crime of ... a hundred-thousandfold from worshipping [the Buddha shall undoubtedly be expiated].1893, Robert George Hobbes, Reminiscences of Seventy Years' Life, Travel, and Adventure, page 485
- Thus, a hundred-thousandfold dilution of pollen would equal 10 [units of pollen], a thousandfold dilution would equal 1000 [units of pollen], and so on.1911, J. Freeman, “Further Observations on the Treatment of Hay Fever by Hypodermic Inoculations of Pollen Vaccine.”, in The Lancet, page 814

hundred-thousandfold (not comparable)

By a factor of one hundred thousand.
- Similarly, why is it that when Goldhaber speaks, his attention gain is "illusorily magnified" by an audience of 500 while Oprah's is magnified [a] hundred-thousandfold more?1997, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, “Economics is Dead. Long Live Economics!”, in Journals@UIC, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2022
- Their qualities, at first, increase a hundred-thousandfold,2005, Chandrakirti, “The Ultimate Ground of Buddhahood”, in Introduction to the Middle Way, →ISBN, page 104

This refers to the obligation to preform a hundred-thousandfold recitation of the refuge formula (skyabs 'gro, refuge in the Buddha, the Law, and the Community)[.]2012, Tucci, “Monkhood, Monastery Life, Religious Calendar, Festivals”, in Religions of Tibet, →ISBN, page 157:
[Companies] began selling robots that reduced the cost of reading DNA letters by ... one hundred-thousandfold.2018, David Reich, Who We Are and How We Got Here, →ISBN, page 14:

From hundred thousand + -fold.

What does hundred-thousandfold mean?: Hundred-thousandfold means by a factor of one hundred thousand.
How do you use hundred-thousandfold in a sentence?: This refers to the obligation to preform a hundred-thousandfold recitation of the refuge formula (skyabs 'gro, refuge in the Buddha, the Law, and the Community)[.]
What part of speech is hundred-thousandfold?: Hundred-thousandfold can be an adjective or an adverb.

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