forty-eighth

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adjective

1

: being number 48 in a countable series

the forty-eighth day

see Table of Numbers

2

: being one of 48 equal parts into which something is divisible

a forty-eighth share of the total

forty-eighth

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noun

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1

: number 48 in a countable series

2

: the quotient of a unit divided by 48 : one of 48 equal parts of something

one forty-eighth of the total

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