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ninetieth

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nine·ti·eth  (nnt-th)
n.
1. The ordinal number matching the number 90 in a series.
2. One of 90 equal parts.
nineti·eth adv. & adj.
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Noun1.ninetieth - position 90 in a countable series of things
rank - relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
Adj.1.ninetiethninetieth - the ordinal number of ninety in counting order
90th
ordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh"
Translations
ninetieth [ˈnaɪntɪɪθ] nine num → quatre-vingt-dixième


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Look ye, Quohog, we'll give ye the ninetieth lay, and that's more than ever was given a harpooneer yet out of Nantucket.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Whether it was that Tashtego, that wild Indian, was so heedless and reckless as to let go for a moment his one-handed hold on the great cabled tackles suspending the head; or whether the place where he stood was so treacherous and oozy; or whether the Evil One himself would have it to fall out so, without stating his particular reasons; how it was exactly, there is no telling now; but, on a sudden, as the eightieth or ninetieth bucket came suckingly up --my God
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I, Captain Nemo, on this 21st day of March, 1868, have reached the South Pole on the ninetieth degree; and I take possession of this part of the globe, equal to one-sixth of the known continents.
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