twenty-ninth

adjective

coming next after the twenty-eighth in position

• Syn: ↑29th

• Similar to: ↑ordinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective

1. : being number 29 in a countable series

the twenty-ninth day

— see number table

2. : being one of 29 equal parts into which something is divisible

a twenty-ninth share of the money

II. noun

1. : number 29 in a countable series

the twenty-ninth of the month

2. : the quotient of a unit divided by 29 : one of 29 equal parts of something

one twenty-ninth of the total

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/twen"tee nuynth", twun"-/, adj.

1. next after the twenty-eighth; being the ordinal number for 29.

2. being one of 29 equal parts.

n.

3. a twenty-ninth part, esp. of one (¹/₂₉).

4. the twenty-ninth member of a series.