sixtieth
next after the fifty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 60.
being one of 60 equal parts.
a sixtieth part, especially of one (1/60).
the sixtieth member of a series.
Origin of sixtieth
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How to use sixtieth in a sentence
The sixtieth anniversary issue of the magazine hits newsstands in December.
Naomi Campbell Channels Michelle Obama For W Magazine; Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom Split | The Fashion Beast Team | October 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTUp there, the lights on the sixtieth floor gleamed in the night.
The Penal Cluster | Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)The sweating may be controlled by small doses of atropia, from the one-sixtieth to the one-thirtieth of a grain.
Scientific American Supplement No. 299 | VariousIf you serve with the troops, of whom I judge you to be a scout, you should know of such a regiment of the king as the sixtieth.
The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore CooperHe was nearing his sixtieth year now, and he looked and seemed much older.
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
/ (ˈsɪkstɪəθ) /
(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
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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