douzième

[ doo-zee-em; French doo-zyem ]

noun,plural dou·zi·èmes [doo-zee-emz; French doo-zyem]. /ˌdu ziˈɛmz; French ˌduˈzyɛm/.
  1. (in Swiss watchmaking) the 12th part of a ligne, used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.

Origin of douzième

1
<French: literally, twelfth

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