I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
1. : being number 48 in a countable series
the forty-eighth day
— see number table
2. : being one of 48 equal parts into which something is divisible
a forty-eighth share of the total
II. noun
1. : number 48 in a countable series
2. : the quotient of a unit divided by 48 : one of 48 equal parts of something
one forty-eighth of the total