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Definition of Fifteenth
1. Noun. Position 15 in a countable series of things.
2. Adjective. Coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position.
Definition of Fifteenth
1. a. Next in order after the fourteenth; -- the ordinal of fifteen.
2. n. One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen.
Definition of Fifteenth
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Medical Definition of Fifteenth
1. 1. Next in order after the fourteenth; the ordinal of fifteen. 2. Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing. Origin: OE. Fiftenthe; cf. Fiftethe, AS. Fiftea. See Fifteen. 1. One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen. 2. A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc, in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc, had been valued at. 3. A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon. An interval consisting of two octaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)