What is one of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after the thirty-ninth called?

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fortieth — One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after the thirty-ninth. (Webster's 1913.)

What is one of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after the thirty-ninth called?

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