I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
1. : being number 56 in a countable series
the fifty-sixth day
— see number table
2. : being one of 56 equal parts into which something is divisible
a fifty-sixth share of the money
II. noun
1. : number 56 in a countable series
2. : the quotient of a unit divided by 56 : one of 56 equal parts of something
one fifty-sixth of the total