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eighth

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adj/eɪtθ//eɪθ/
  1. 1

    The ordinal form of the number eight.not-comparable

    • Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks.
    • In 2023, the birthrate fell for the eighth consecutive year to 0.72, the lowest in the world, from 1.24 in 2015, raising concerns over the economic shock to society from such a rapid pace.
noun/eɪtθ//eɪθ/
  1. 1

    The person or thing in the eighth position.

  2. 2

    One of eight equal parts of a whole.

    • Two bits equals two eighths of a dollar.
  3. 3

    An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs.slang

    • At midday he’d found an ageing eighth of hash in a drawer, a little bundle of cellophane.
  4. 4

    An interval by doubling in pitch frequency.

verb/eɪtθ//eɪθ/
  1. 1

    To divide by eight.transitive

    • The first step is to eighth the script out. See figure 3.6 overleaf. Eighthing a script is subjective.

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