twenty-sixth

twenty-sixth
/twen"tee siksth", twun"-/, adj.
1. next after the twenty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 26.
2. being one of 26 equal parts.
n.
3. a twenty-sixth part, esp. of one (1/26).
4. the twenty-sixth member of a series.

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