adjective
coming next after the twenty-third in position
• Syn: ↑24th
• Similar to: ↑ordinal
* * *
I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective1. : being number 24 in a countable series
the twenty-fourth day
— see number table
2. : being one of 24 equal parts into which something is divisible
a twenty-fourth share of the money
1. : number 24 in a countable series
the twenty-fourth of the month
2. : the quotient of a unit divided by 24 : one of 24 equal parts of something
one twenty-fourth of the total
* * *
/twen"tee fawrth", -fohrth", twun"-/, adj.
1. next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.
2. being one of 24 equal parts.
n.
3. a twenty-fourth part, esp. of one (1/24).
4. the twenty-fourth member of a series.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.