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57
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being seven more than fifty
Synonyms:
57; fifty-seven; lvii
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples:
Study participants were 19 to 98 years old, from the United States and Europe, 57% female, and had no history of cancer.
(Physical activity associated with lower risk of many cancers, NIH)
The deforestation of the Atlantic Forest, Brazil's second most important forest, grew 57.7% in a year, from 2015 to 2016, when the biome lost 29,075 hectares, or 29 thousand football fields.
(Brazilian Atlantic Forest deforestation up nearly 60% in a year, Agência Brasil)
Activin receptor type-1 (509 aa, ~57 kDa) is encoded by the human ACVR1 gene.
(Activin Receptor Type-1, NCI Thesaurus)
Height: 16-19 inches (41-48 cm.) Weight: 57-67 pounds (25-30 kg.)
(American Staffordshire Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)
The last few years were good in terms of population growth in Italy, with PGR surging to 0.99% in both 2003 and 2004, falling back to 0.49% in 2005 and rising again in 2006-2007, but the turning point was 2002-2003, when official figures increased nine times, surging from 0.06% at 01.01.2002 to 0.57% at 01.01.2003.
(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)
The average temperature across the globe in 2017 was 1.51 degrees F above the 20th century average of 57 degrees F. 2017 marks the 41st consecutive year (since 1977) with global land and ocean temperatures at least nominally above the 20th-century average.
(2017 was 3rd warmest year on record for the globe, NOAA)
