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ONE-SEVENTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does one-seventh mean?
• ONE-SEVENTH (noun)
The noun ONE-SEVENTH has 1 sense:
1. one part in seven equal parts
Familiarity information: ONE-SEVENTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One part in seven equal parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
one-seventh; seventh
Hypernyms ("one-seventh" is a kind of...):
common fraction; simple fraction (the quotient of two integers)
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