twentieth
/ˈtwɛntɪəθ
/ordinal number
1Constituting number twenty in a sequence; 20th: the late twentieth century her twentieth birthday...
- The prohibition against graven images of God in the twentieth chapter of "Exodus" becomes an indictment of representation that targets the very foundations of modernity: thou shalt not make of God an object.
- An article celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the club showed a cake with twenty candles, each representing an issue on which the club had worked.
- Either the date is specified in the directive or, in the absence of any such date, is deemed to be the twentieth day following that of publication.
2Each of twenty equal parts into which something is or may be divided: a twentieth of a second we save around a twentieth of our cash...
- Durban can build a new cemetery for 8 million rand ($1.25 million) every week without spending even a twentieth of their budget.
- The company is challenging them to make a $100 million movie for a twentieth of the cost.
- A heat shield slowed the craft to a twentieth of its speed.