fifty-fifth

fifty-fifth
/fif"tee fifth"/ or, often, /-fith"/, adj.
1. next after the fifty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 55.
2. being one of 55 equal parts.
n.
3. a fifty-fifth part, esp. of one (1/55).
4. the fifty-fifth member of a series.

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