sixty-four

sixty-four
/siks"tee fawr", -fohr"/, n.
1. a cardinal number, 60 plus 4.
2. a symbol for this number, as 64 or LXIV.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
adj.
4. amounting to 64 in number.

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