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eight⋅eenth

[ey-teenth]
–adjective
1. next after the seventeenth; being the ordinal number for 18.
2. being one of 18 equal parts.
–noun
3. an eighteenth part, esp. of one ( 1/18 ).
4. the eighteenth member of a series.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME eightenthe, eightethe, OE eahtatēotha. See eighteen + -th 2
eight·eenth   (ā-tēnth')   
n.  
  1. The ordinal number matching the number 18 in a series.
  2. One of 18 equal parts.
eight·eenth' adv. & adj.

Eighteenth

Eight"eenth`\, a. [From Eighteen.]

1. Next in order after the seventeenth.

2. Consisting of one of eighteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.

Eighteenth

Eight"eenth`\, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by eighteen; one of eighteen equal parts or divisions.

2. The eighth after the tenth.
Language Translation for : eighteenth
Spanish: decimoctavo,
German: das Achtzehntel,
Japanese: 18分の1
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