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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thirteenth \Thir"teenth`\ (th[~e]r"t[=e]nth`), a. [From
     {Thirteen}: cf. AS. [thorn]re['o]te['o][eth]a.]
     1. Next in order after the twelfth; the third after the
        tenth; -- the ordinal of thirteen; as, the thirteenth day
        of the month.
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     2. Constituting or being one of thirteen equal parts into
        which anything is divided.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thirteenth \Thir"teenth`\, n.
     1. The quotient of a unit divided by thirteen; one of
        thirteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
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     2. The next in order after the twelfth.
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     3. (Mus.) The interval comprising an octave and a sixth.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thirteenth
       adj : coming next after the twelfth in position [syn: {13th}]
       n : position 13 in a countable series of things

















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