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for•ty-five



Pronunciation: (fôr'tē fīv'), [key]
—n.
1. a cardinal number, 40 plus 5.
2. a symbol for this number, as 45 or XLV.
3. a set of this many persons or things.

—adj.
amounting to 45 in number.

45




—n.,
—pl. 45s, 45's.
a seven-inch phonograph record played at 45 r.p.m., esp. a popular-music single.

.45




—n.,
—pl. .45s, .45's.
a pistol, revolver, or cartridge of .45-caliber, or having a diameter of .45 inch. Also,forty-five.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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