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Meaning of NINETEENTH

Pronunciation:  'nIn'teenth

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  position 19 in a countable series of things
  2. [adj]  coming next after the eighteenth in position
 
 Synonyms: 19th, ordinal
 
 See Also: rank

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Nine"teenth`\, a. [Cf. AS. nigonte['o]?a.]
    1. Following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth;
       coming after eighteen others.
    2. Constituting or being one of nineteen equal parts into
       which anything is divided.
    
  2. \Nine"teenth`\, n.
    1. The quotient of a unit divided by nineteen; one of
       nineteen equal parts of anything.
    2. The next in order after the eighteenth.
    3. (Mus.) An interval of two octaves and a fifth.
    
 

 

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