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Definition of "one-sixtieth" [one-sixtieth]

  • One part in sixty equal parts (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "one-sixtieth" in a sentence
  • "The average email has just one-sixtieth the footprint of a letter, according to a back-of-the-envelope comparison."
  • "That's enough for the New York Jewish Week's Ted Merwin to connect the play -- and prior Shulman performances -- with the playwright's hometown of Jerusalem and his service in the Israeli army, as well as the "Talmudic dictum that dreams are one-sixtieth of prophecies.""
  • "The room came dramatically to life for one-sixtieth of a second and then faded back into darkness, her eyes blinded by a dissipating red glow."
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