twenty-third

twenty-third
/twen"tee therrd", twun"-/, adj.
1. next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.
2. being one of 23 equal parts.
n.
3. a twenty-third part, esp. of one (1/23).
4. the twenty-third member of a series.

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