NINETEENTH Definition & Meaning

nineteenth

[ nahyn-teenth ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

next after the eighteenth; being the ordinal number for 19.
being one of 19 equal parts.

noun

a nineteenth part, especially of one (1/19).
the nineteenth member of a series.

nineteenth

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adjective

usually prenominal
1. coming after the eighteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc, being the ordinal number of nineteen. Often written: 19th
2. ( as noun )
  the nineteenth was rainy

noun

1. one of 19 approximately equal parts of something
2. ( as modifier )
  a nineteenth part
the fraction that is equal to one divided by 19 ( 1 19 )

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of nineteenth¹

before 900; Middle English nyntenthe ( nineteen, -th ² ); replacing nientethe, Old English nigonteotha; nine, tithe

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At the peak, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, probably one out of every three Americans moved each year.

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Caged birds were used as living carbon monoxide detectors starting in the late nineteenth century — thanks to their highly efficient respiratory systems, the birds died from gas leaks long before human miners did.

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Air pollution was at toxic levels in nineteenth century London when James Parkinson, whose 269th birthday is celebrated today, first described the condition.

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Indiana, the nineteenth state, is admitted as a free state.

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There are also historic examples of space weather interfering with railway signalling as far back as the nineteenth century.

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