Fifty-oneth

//ˌfɪfti ˈwʌnθ// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fractional part of fifty-one. uncountable

    "But the eye could only divine, could not measure, the difference between the fiftieth of a millimetre and the fifty-oneth, and she wished to measure."

Adjective
  1. 1
    fifty-first nonstandard, not-comparable

Example

More examples

"But the eye could only divine, could not measure, the difference between the fiftieth of a millimetre and the fifty-oneth, and she wished to measure."

Etymology

From fifty-one + -th (ordinal suffix).

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