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Definition of thirty-ninth
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : being number 39 in a countable series
the thirty-ninth day — see Table of Numbers
2 : being one of 39 equal parts into which anything is divisible
a thirty-ninth share of the money
thirty-ninth
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Definition of thirty-ninth (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : number 39 in a countable series
2 : the quotient of a unit divided by 39 : one of 39 equal parts of anything
one thirty-ninth of the total
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