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Definition of Ninetieth
1. Adjective. The ordinal number of ninety in counting order.
2. Noun. Position 90 in a countable series of things.
Definition of Ninetieth
1. a. Next in order after the eighty-ninth.
2. n. The quotient of a unit divided by ninety; one of ninety equal parts of anything.
Definition of Ninetieth
1. Adjective. The ordinal form of the number ninety. ¹
2. Noun. The person or thing in the ninetieth position. ¹
3. Noun. One of ninety equal parts of a whole. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ninetieth
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ninetieth
Literary usage of Ninetieth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"1. ninetieth; 2. member of a society of ninety; 3. a person ninety years of age; 4.
dam. ... ade. in the ninetieth place. ..."
2. A History of the British Army by John William Fortescue (1906)
"The result was that the ninetieth and Ninety-second pressed on too far in advance,
and appeared in full view of the French at a point where, by chance, ..."
3. Trees and Shrubs of Central Park by Louis Harman Peet (1903)
"XL EAST ninetieth STREET AND VICINITY. There is nothing in this Section which you
... As you enter at the East ninetieth Street Gate, and take the Walk, ..."
4. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"... THE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA EAST OF THE ninetieth MERIDIAN KEY TO ORDERS AND
FAMILIES 1. THE WATER BIRDS Fio. 22. ..."
5. Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England by Rhode Island, John Russell Bartlett (1865)
"... four-ninetieth parts of a dollar per gallon ; upon all other spirituous liquors,
three-ninetieth parts of a dollar per gallon ; upon Madeira wine, ..."
6. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1840)
"THE FIRST SIX VERSES OF THE ninetieth PSALM. O THOU, the first, the greatest
Friend Of all the human race! Whose strong right hand has ever been Their stay ..."
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