adjective
- being an indefinitely large or variable number in a sequence
Usage: mathematics; informal
Examples
- This is the nth time I’ve told you to clean your room.
- We’re looking for the nth term in this mathematical sequence.
- To the nth degree means to the utmost extent.
- She raised the issue for the nth time at the meeting.
- The formula calculates the nth power of a number.
- I’ve heard that joke for the nth time today.