one-twenty-five-thousandth

Updated: May 2, 2025

A human blood cell is about one-three-thousandth of an inch across, while a bacterial cell may be no more than one-twenty-five-thousandth of an inch in diameter. Yet, small as it is, the cell exhibits all of the customary phenomena of independent life; that is to say, it nourishes itself, it grows, it reproduces its kind, it moves about, and it feels.

Warren Hilton - Psychology and Achievement : Being the First of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency