sixtieth

[ siks-tee-ith ]

/ ˈsɪks ti ɪθ /

adjective

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

being one of 60 equal parts.

noun

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

the sixtieth member of a series.

Words nearby sixtieth

sixth sense, sixth venereal disease, sixth year, sixth-form college, sixth-year molar, sixtieth, sixtine, sixtus i, sixtus ii, sixtus iii, sixtus iv

Origin of sixtieth

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

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Examples from the Web for sixtieth

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The Last of the Mohicans|James Fenimore Cooper
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British Dictionary definitions for sixtieth

sixtieth

/ (ˈsɪkstɪəθ) /

adjective

(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

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

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