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seventy-ninth

[ sev-uhn-tee-nahynth ]
/ ˈsɛv ən tiˈnaɪnθ /
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adjective
next after the seventy-eighth; being the ordinal number for 79.
being one of 79 equal parts.
noun
a seventy-ninth part, especially of one (1/79).
the seventy-ninth member of a series.
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