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sixty two

sixty two is the alternative form of sixty-two.

Meaning of sixty-two

Numeral

sixty-two

  1. The cardinal number immediately following sixty-one and preceding sixty-three.
    • "The guy that just left—what's he got in his lungs?" / "Well, I'm not very sure. But the two best candidates are uranium-233 and plutonium-239, one or both." / "They're in his bones too, aren't they?" / "Yeah, they're both boneseekers. And they've got half-lives of one hundred sixty-two thousand...1985, Michael Swanwick, “Boneseeker”, in In the Drift (New Ace Science Fiction Specials; series 3), New York, N.Y.: Ace Science Fiction Books, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications...
    Synonyms:
    62, LXII

Questions about sixty two

What is sixty two the alternative form of?
Sixty two is the alternative form of sixty-two.

Words near sixty two in the dictionary

  1. sixty nine
  2. sixty one
  3. sixty seven
  4. sixty six
  5. sixty three
  6. sixty two
  7. sixty-'leven
  8. sixty-eight
  9. sixty-eighter
  10. sixty-eighters
  11. sixty-eighth

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