OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1414

twelfth

/twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ]
Meanings (ES + gloss)
doceavo
One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
A twelfth of 240 is 20.
Five twelfths of the population voted in support of the proposal.
Phrases