thirty-sixth

thirty-sixth

1. The ordinal form of the number thirty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 36 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the thirty-sixth page of the book.

   She finished thirty-sixth in the race.

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

• 36th, 36^th

thirty-sixth (plural thirty-sixths)

1. One of thirty-six equal parts of a whole.

   A thirty-sixth of 720 is 20.