fifty-third
Americanadjective
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next after the fifty-second; being the ordinal number for 53.
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being one of 53 equal parts.
noun
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a fifty-third part, especially of one (1/53).
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the fifty-third member of a series.
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The much-anticipated fifty-third reactor will most likely be Marvel, an Energy Department microreactor project aimed at showcasing ways fission can be tapped for heat to power, for example, industrial processes as well as generating electricity.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
For the fifty-third time this season, the Lakers had lost.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 17, 2016
In his twenties, he’d been America’s best player, fifty-third in the world.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016
The figure, in early Psalters, always forms the letter D, which commences the fifty-third Psalm, “Dixit insipiens.”
From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by John Ruskin
Of the more significant of these, the Revue Canadienne marked the completion of its fifty-third volume in 1907 by publishing in separate form a comprehensive Index to the entire series up to that year.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
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