What is the difference between twelfth and twelve?
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(ordinal) The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number of a sequence.
(fractional) One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
(music) An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth
The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.
A group of twelve items.
A twelve-bore gun.
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(legal) (colloquial) A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).
Twelve is a related term of twelfth.
In lang=en terms the difference between twelfth and twelve
is that twelfth is an interval equal to an octave plus a fifth while twelve is a jury (normally composed of twelve persons).As nouns the difference between twelfth and twelve
is that twelfth is one of twelve equal parts of a whole while twelve is a group of twelve items.As an adjective twelfth
is the ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.As a numeral twelve is
the cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.twelfth
English
Adjective
(-)- The answer appears on the twelfth page of the book.
- She finished twelfth in the race.
Synonyms
* commander * , 12th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XIINoun
(en noun)- A twelfth of 240 is 20.
- Five twelfths of the population voted in support of the proposal.
Synonyms
* dozenthtwelve
English
(wikipedia twelve)Alternative forms
* Arabic numerals: * Roman numerals: XIINumeral
(head)- There are twelve months in a year.
See also
* Last: eleven. Next: thirteenNoun
(en noun)- Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves .
- In this way Von Esslin ‘inherited’ two fine hammerless twelves which he used once or twice for duck on the Camargue.