twenty-fourth

twenty-fourth
/twen"tee fawrth", -fohrth", twun"-/, adj.
1. next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.
2. being one of 24 equal parts.
n.
3. a twenty-fourth part, esp. of one (1/24).
4. the twenty-fourth member of a series.

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