thirty-eighth

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adjective

1

: 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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noun

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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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