fifty-ninth

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adjective

1

: being number 59 in a countable series

the fifty-ninth day

see Table of Numbers

2

: being one of 59 equal parts into which something is divisible

a fifty-ninth share of the money

fifty-ninth

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noun

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1

: number 59 in a countable series

2

: the quotient of a unit divided by 59 : one of 59 equal parts of something

one fifty-ninth of the total

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