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twentieth
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- Next in order after the nineteenth; tenth after the tenth; coming after nineteen others; -- the ordinal of twenty. [1913 Webster]
- Constituting, or being, one of twenty equal parts into which anything is divided. [1913 Webster]
twentieth, n.
- The next in order after the nineteenth; one coming after nineteen others. [1913 Webster]
- The quotient of a unit divided by twenty; one of twenty equal parts of one whole. [1913 Webster]
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