Definition of thirty-eighth
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: being number 38 in a countable series
the thirty-eighth day
— see Table of Numbers
2
: being one of 38 equal parts into which anything is divisible
a thirty-eighth share of the money
thirty-eighth
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Definition of thirty-eighth (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: number 38 in a countable series
2
: the quotient of a unit divided by 38 : one of 38 equal parts of anything
one thirty-eighth of the total
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