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SEVENTY-EIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute
Synonyms:
78; seventy-eight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("seventy-eight" is a kind of...):
disc; disk; phonograph record; phonograph recording; platter; record (sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and eight
Synonyms:
78; LXXVIII; seventy-eight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("seventy-eight" is a kind of...):
large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being eight more than seventy
Synonyms:
78; lxxviii; seventy-eight
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
