twentieth

[ twen-tee-ith, twuhn- ]

adjective

1. next after the nineteenth; being the ordinal number for 20.
2. being one of 20 equal parts.

noun

1. a twentieth part, especially of one (1/20).
2. the twentieth member of a series.

ˈtwentieth

/ ˈtwɛntɪɪθ /

adjective

1. usually prenominal
   1. coming after the nineteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of twenty: often written 20th
   2. ( as noun )

      he left on the twentieth

noun

1. 1. one of 20 approximately equal parts of something
   2. ( as modifier )

      a twentieth part

2. the fraction that is equal to one divided by 20 ( 1 20 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of twentieth¹

before 900; Middle English twentithe, Old English twentigotha. See twenty, -eth ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of twentieth¹

from Old English twentigotha

Example Sentences

It’s figuring out how to do all this, and choosing the exact route through the track and around those obstacles, while recalculating the path it wants to take each twentieth of a second.

From Popular-Science

For example, a high-contrast signal will arrive a twentieth of a second faster than a low-contrast signal.

From Popular-Science

The second lesson is that no one writing before the twentieth century holds a key to our problems.

From The Daily Beast

Whatever the true figure, it was a massacre of twentieth-century proportions.

From The Daily Beast

FoxFaith, established in 2006 by Twentieth Century-Fox, flew under the radar for awhile, and died a quick death.

From The Daily Beast

Beside the fact that they are two of the greatest draughtsmen of the twentieth century.

From The Daily Beast

In 1975, Rüdiger Heim, approaching his twentieth birthday, decided that he had to see his father again.

From The Daily Beast

Hereditary legislation in the twentieth century and the most civilized country in the world!

From Project Gutenberg

The payment for this drainage was to be one-twentieth part of the ore raised by the different mines.

From Project Gutenberg

When the men landed upon the moon in the twentieth century, they did not find it at first.

From Project Gutenberg

It is an old, straggling place that seems to be little in harmony with the progress of the Twentieth Century.

From Project Gutenberg

And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, I was by the great river, which is the Tigris.

From Project Gutenberg