Forty-sixth


[fawr-tee-siksth] /ˈfɔr tiˈsɪksθ/

adjective
1.
next after the forty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 46.
2.
being one of 46 equal parts.
noun
3.
a forty-sixth part, especially of one (1/46).
4.
the forty-sixth member of a series.

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