Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fortieth"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fortieth \For"ti*eth\, a. [AS. fe['o]wertigo?a. See {Forty}.]
1. Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine
units, things, or parts.
2. Constituting one of forty equal parts into which anything
is divided.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fortieth \For"ti*eth\, n.
One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the
quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after
the thirty-ninth.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fortieth
adj : the ordinal number of forty in counting order [syn: {40th}]
n : position 40 in a countable series of things
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