fifteenth
fifteenth is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.
- 2.One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen.
- 3.A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at. Burrill.
- 4.(Mus.) (a) A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon. (b) An interval consisting of two octaves.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is fifteenth.
- What is consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing called?
- What is one of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen called?
- What is a species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at. Burrill called?
- What is (a) A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon. (b) An interval consisting of two octaves called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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