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Meaning of FIFTEENTH

Pronunciation:  'fif'teenth

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  position 15 in a countable series of things
  2. [adj]  coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position
 
 Synonyms: 15th, ordinal
 
 See Also: rank

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Fif"teenth`\, a. [OE. fiftenthe; cf. fiftethe, AS.
    f[=i]fte[=o][eth]a. See {Fifteen}.]
    1. Next in order after the fourteenth; -- the ordinal of
       fifteen.
    2. Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a
       thing.
    
  2. \Fif"teenth`\, n.
    1. One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a
       unit divided by fifteen.
    2. A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on
       towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth
       part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had
       been valued at. --Burrill.
    3. (Mus.)
       (a) A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the
           diaposon.
       (b) An interval consisting of two octaves.
    
 

 

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