sixtieth

[ siks-tee-ith ]

adjective
  1. next after the fifty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 60.

  2. being one of 60 equal parts.

noun
  1. a sixtieth part, especially of one (1/60).

  2. the sixtieth member of a series.

Origin of sixtieth

1
before 1000; Middle English sixtithe, sixtiaghte,Old English sixtighetha, sixteoghotha;see sixty, -eth2

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How to use sixtieth in a sentence

  • Across the street was the Lasser Building; high up on the sixtieth floor, a whole suite of offices was brightly lit.

    The Penal Cluster | Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)

British Dictionary definitions for sixtieth

sixtieth

/ (ˈsɪkstɪəθ) /


adjective
  1. (usually prenominal)

    • being the ordinal number of sixty in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc: often written 60th

    • (as noun): the sixtieth in a row

noun
    • one of 60 approximately equal parts of something

    • (as modifier): a sixtieth part

  1. the fraction equal to one divided by 60 (1/60)

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