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1ST
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Indicating the beginning unit in a series
Synonyms:
1st; first
Classified under:
Similar:
ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)
Context examples:
A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with a 16-carbon backbone and 4 double bonds, originating from the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th positions from the methyl end.
(Hexadecatetraenoic Acid n-1, NCI Thesaurus)
The 1st cranial nerve.
(Murine Olfactory Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
February 1st.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
He handed over the book, and I read, Moran, Sebastian, Colonel. Unemployed. Formerly 1st Bangalore Pioneers. Born London, 1840. Son of Sir Augustus Moran, C.B., once British Minister to Persia. Educated Eton and Oxford. Served in Jowaki Campaign, Afghan Campaign, Charasiab (despatches), Sherpur, and Cabul. Author of Heavy Game of the Western Himalayas (1881); Three Months in the Jungle (1884). Address: Conduit Street. Clubs: The Anglo-Indian, the Tankerville, the Bagatelle Card Club.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
