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Definition of thirty-second
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : being number 32 in a countable series
the thirty-second day — see Table of Numbers
2 : being one of 32 equal parts into which anything is divisible
a thirty-second share of the money
thirty-second
noun\ " \
plural thirty-seconds
Definition of thirty-second (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : number 32 in a countable series
2 : the quotient of a unit divided by 32 : one of 32 equal parts of anything
one thirty-second of the total
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