fiftieth

fiftieth
/fif"tee ith/, adj.
1. next after the forty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 50.
2. being one of 50 equal parts.
n.
3. a fiftieth part, esp. of one (1/50).
4. the fiftieth member of a series.
[bef. 1000; ME fiftithe, OE fiftigotha. See FIFTY, -TH2]

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