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Twentieth

Twĕn’ti-eth, a.

adjective

a. [A-S. twĕntigodha, twentigdha, twentugodha, O. H. Ger. zweinzugosto, M. H. Ger. zweinzigste, N. H. Ger. zwanzigste. See infra.]

  1. Next in order after the nineteenth; tenth after the tenth; — the ordinal of twenty.
  2. Constituting or being one of twenty equal parts into which any thing is divided.

Twĕn'ti-eth, n.

noun

n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by twenty; one of twenty equal parts. 2. (Mus.) An interval comprising two octaves and a sixth.