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Definition of seventy-ninth
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : being number 79 in a countable series
the seventy-ninth day — see Table of Numbers
2 : being one of 79 equal parts into which something is divisible
a seventy-ninth share of the money
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Definition of seventy-ninth (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : number 79 in a countable series
2 : the quotient of a unit divided by 79 : one of 79 equal parts of something
one seventy-ninth of the total
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