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Meanings of eighth in English

Russian
8-й
Portuguese
oitava
Spanish
8vo

Ordinal number for 8.

Related terms
8-й
Portuguese
oitavo

One part in eight equal parts.

oitavo
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Examples for "one-eighth"
Examples for "one-eighth"
1
This was about one-eighth of the entire area given out in seigneuries.
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
2
Mix well; roll on a floured board one-eighth to one-sixteenth inch thick.
Everyday Foods in War Time
3
One-sixth or one-eighth of the men were voters, the rest were disfranchised.
Unitarianism in America: A History of its Origin and Development
4
In this State there are two and one-eighth women to every man.
Elbow-Room: A Novel Without a Plot
5
The backing is floated with pitch say one-eighth of an inch thick.
On Laboratory Arts

Eighth.

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Usage of eighth in English
1
But I could risk going down as far as the eighth level.
Shadow prowler
2
Next month the eighth annual Maths Week will take place throughout Ireland.
The Irish Times
3
Home prices in China declined for the eighth straight month in May.
Reuters
4
Miss B., the eighth case is the only well-adjuste case she cites.
The new yorker
5
It was the eighth time this season Young has scored 40-plus points.
Reuters
6
New England set an NFL record with the eighth consecutive division title.
Reuters
7
The 31-year-old also made his London Marathon debut this year, finishing eighth.
The Guardian
8
It was not immediately clear why the eighth soldier was not charged.
Reuters
9
It was the eighth safety in Baltimore history and first since 2008.
Reuters
10
Udta Punjab is currently the eighth highest-grossing Bollywood film of the year.
BBC
11
And this was in the cycle of the Dragon, the seventy-eighth year.
Tales of Three Hemispheres
12
Early in the eighth century the Venerable Bede took up the problem.
History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
13
In the United States the northern limit is approximately the thirty-eighth parallel.
Commercial Geography / A Book for High Schools, Commercial Cours...
14
I'm glad to tackle the season with an eighth place, she said.
Reuters
15
It was the eighth such encounter in two weeks, the military said.
Reuters
16
Zimbabwe are in the process of losing their eighth straight Test match.
The Guardian
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Translations for eighth
Portuguese
oitavaoitavo
Eighth through the time
Eighth across language varieties
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
Common
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