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Definition of Twelfths

1. twelfth [n] - See also: twelfth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twelfths

Literary usage of Twelfths

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1844)
"The Female is similar to the male. Female. The mouth is formed as in the Cayenne Tern; its width 8£ twelfths. Tongue 1 inch 4 twelfths long, ..."

2. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1859)
"The interior of the fourth or upper story is arranged with two rooms in the two front end corners of the house, each measuring thirty-two and three-twelfths ..."

3. First Lessons in Arithmetic: Combining the Oral Method with the Method of by Charles Davies (1849)
"How many twelfths in one? 2. How many twelfths are there in two ? How many in two and three twelfths ? In two and eight twelfths, how many ? 3. ..."

4. The University Arithmetic: Embracing the Science of Numbers, and Their by Charles Davies (1853)
"Then 9' x 1' gives 63 twelfths of twelfths of a square foot, equal to 5' and ... That feet multiplied by inches give twelfths of square feet in the product. ..."

5. Hamilton's Essentials of Arithmetic: First-second Book by Samuel Hamilton (1919)
"Change ^ and £ to twelfths. Change ^ to thirds. 6. Cut three oblongs of the same size out of paper. Fold the first oblong into thirds ; the second oblong ..."

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