nineteenth
Use Nineteenth in a sentence
adjective
1.
next after the eighteenth; being the ordinal number for 19.
2.
being one of 19 equal parts.
noun
3.
a nineteenth part, especially of one ( 1 / 19 ).
4.
the nineteenth member of a series.
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Nineteenth
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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nineteenth (ˌnaɪnˈtiːnθ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (usually prenominal) |
| a. coming after the eighteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc, being the ordinal number of nineteen. Often written: 19th | |
| b. (as noun): the nineteenth was rainy | |
| —n | |
| 2. | a. one of 19 approximately equal parts of something |
| b. (as modifier): a nineteenth part | |
| 3. | the fraction that is equal to one divided by 19 (1/19) |
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Such a process happened in the water industry in nineteenth century britain.
Both these lines became extinct in the early nineteenth century.
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