thirty-second

American  

[thur-tee-sek-uhnd] / ˈθɜr tiˈsɛk ənd /

adjective

1. next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.

2. being one of 32 equal parts.

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noun

1. a thirty-second part, especially of one (1/32).

2. the thirty-second member of a series.

Example Sentences

“That’s two more owners taking a thirty-second share of media rights in perpetuity.”

From Washington Post • May 5, 2020

The other is to scale back how much time and energy you spend trying to court your unfriendly neighbors and confining yourself to the occasional wave and thirty-second exchange of pleasantries.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2018

That person will share one eighth of those same variants with a first cousin, one thirty-second with a second cousin, and so on.

From Scientific American • Jul. 2, 2018

In 2010, Washington Wizard’s point guard John Wall celebrated a win by doing a thirty-second dance, popularly known as “The Dougie.”

From MSNBC • Jul. 24, 2015

The eighth, sixteenth, and thirty-second harmonics will also be A's.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones