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sixtieth

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six·ti·eth  (skst-th)
n.
1. The ordinal number matching the number 60 in a series.
2. One of 60 equal parts.
sixti·eth adv. & adj.
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Noun1.sixtieth - position 60 in a countable series of things
rank - relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
2.sixtieth - one part in sixty equal parts
one-sixtieth
common fraction, simple fraction - the quotient of two integers
Adj.1.sixtiethsixtieth - the ordinal number of sixty in counting order
60th
ordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh"
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sixtieth [ˈsɪkstɪɪθ] six num → soixantième
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At the fifty-seventh second the door of the saloon opened; and the pendulum had not beat the sixtieth second when Phileas Fogg appeared, followed by an excited crowd who had forced their way through the club doors, and in his calm voice, said, "Here I am, gentlemen
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Accurately described, Lord Lydiard's widow was short and fat, and, in the matter of age, perilously near her sixtieth birthday.
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His long yellow hair was equally divided on the top of his head and upon his brow, and combed down on each side to the length of his shoulders; it had but little tendency to grey, although Cedric was approaching to his sixtieth year.
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