seventieth

seventieth
/sev"euhn tee ith/, adj.
1. next after the sixty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 70.
2. being one of 70 equal parts.
n.
3. a seventieth part, esp. of one (1/70).
4. the seventieth member of a series.
[1250-1300; ME seventithe. See SEVENTY, -ETH2]

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