thirty-second

thirty-second
noun
one part in thirty-two equal parts
• Hypernyms: ↑common fraction, ↑simple fraction
adjective
the ordinal number of thirty-two in counting order
• Syn: ↑32nd
• Similar to: ↑ordinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective
1. : being number 32 in a countable series

the thirty-second day

— see number table
2. : being one of 32 equal parts into which anything is divisible

a thirty-second share of the money

II. noun
1. : number 32 in a countable series
2. : the quotient of a unit divided by 32 : one of 32 equal parts of anything

one thirty-second of the total

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/therr"tee sek"euhnd/, adj.
1. next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
2. being one of 32 equal parts.
n.
3. a thirty-second part, esp. of one (1/32).
4. the thirty-second member of a series.

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