59

 Dictionary entry overview: What does 59 mean? 

• 59 (adjective)
  The adjective 59 has 1 sense:

1. being nine more than fifty

  Familiarity information: 59 used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• 59 (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being nine more than fifty

Synonyms:

59; fifty-nine; ilx

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

An element with atomic symbol Hg, atomic number 80, and atomic weight 200.59; a heavy, silvery-white metal, liquid at room temperature, a rather poor conductor of heat and a fair conductor of electricity.

(Mercury, NCI Thesaurus)

According to the Atlas of the Atlantic Forest Remains, which monitors the spatial distribution of the forest, the state of Paraná, one of the country's largest grain producers, reached the largest areas of regeneration in the period assessed, totaling 75,612 hectares; followed by Minas Gerais (59,850 hectares), Santa Catarina (24,964 hectares), São Paulo (23,021 hectares) and Mato Grosso do Sul (19,117 hectares).

(Brazil: Atlantic Forest regeneration in nine states, Agência Brasil)

If there be anything behind this instinct it will be valuable to trace it afterwards accurately, so I had better commence to do so, therefore— R. M. Renfield, ætat 59. Sanguine temperament; great physical strength; morbidly excitable; periods of gloom, ending in some fixed idea which I cannot make out.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)