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forty-fifth
[ fawr-tee-fifthor, often, -fith ]
adjective
- next after the forty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 45.
- being one of 45 equal parts.
noun
- a forty-fifth part, especially of one (1/45).
- the forty-fifth member of a series.
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After about the forty-fifth year it becomes gradually less; after seventy-five years it is about one-half the amount given.
In temperate climates this menopause occurs about the forty-fifth year, but it may come earlier or considerably later.
He died at ten minutes past eight on Monday evening the 3rd of December, in the forty-fifth year of his age.
Again, if he be perfectly formed on the forty-fifth day, he will move on the ninetieth and be born in the ninth month.
Joan asked, pausing definitely on the corner at Forty-fifth Street.
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