I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
1. : being number 79 in a countable series
the seventy-ninth day
— see number table
2. : being one of 79 equal parts into which something is divisible
a seventy-ninth share of the money
II. noun
1. : number 79 in a countable series
2. : the quotient of a unit divided by 79 : one of 79 equal parts of something
one seventy-ninth of the total