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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