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13TH
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coming next after the twelfth in position
Synonyms:
13th; thirteenth
Classified under:
Similar:
ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)
Context examples:
While impossible to determine exact provenance, the researchers detected a shift in European walrus finds around the 13th century to walruses from an evolutionary branch most prevalent in the waters around Baffin Bay.
(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)
The double bonds at the 6th and 9th carbons from the methyl end are in the cis formation and the double bond at the 13th carbon from the methyl end is in the trans formation.
(Columbinic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
Increasingly globalised trade saw elephant ivory flood European markets in the 13th century, and fashions changed.
(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)
Ultimately, having been highly prized for centuries, the marbled appearance of walrus ivory fell out of favour as West African trade routes opened up, and the homogenous finish of elephant ivory became de rigueur in the 13th century.
(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)
