fifty-sixth: Meaning and Definition of

fif•ty-sixth

Pronunciation: (fif'tē-siksth'), [key]
— adj.
  1. next after the fifty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 56.
  2. being one of 56 equal parts.
—n.
  1. a fifty-sixth part, esp. of one ().
  2. the fifty-sixth member of a series.
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