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six⋅ti⋅eth

[siks-tee-ith]
–adjective
1. next after the fifty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 60.
2. being one of 60 equal parts.
–noun
3. a sixtieth part, esp. of one ( 1/60 ).
4. the sixtieth member of a series.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME sixtithe, sixtiaghte, OE sixtighetha, sixteoghotha; see sixty, -eth 2
Language Translation for : Sixtieth
Spanish: sexagésima parte, German: das Sechzigstel, Japanese: 60分の1
six·ti·eth     (sĭk'stē-ĭth)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The ordinal number matching the number 60 in a series.
  2. One of 60 equal parts.
six'ti·eth adv. & adj.
sixtieth

adjective
1. the ordinal number of sixty in counting order 

noun
1. position 60 in a countable series of things 
2. one part in sixty equal parts [syn: one-sixtieth

Sixtieth

Six"ti*eth\, a. [As. sixtiogo[eth]a, sixtigo[eth]a.]

1. Next in order after the fifty-ninth.

2. Constituting or being one one of sixty equal parts into which anything is divided.

Sixtieth

Six"ti*eth\, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.

2. The next in order after the fifty-ninth; the tenth after the fiftieth.

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