twenty-four
numUK /ˌtwɛntiˈfɔː/ · US /ˌtwɛntiˈfɔɹ/
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The cardinal number immediately following twenty-three and preceding twenty-five.
- "The guy that just left—what's he got in his lungs?" / "Well, I'm not very sure. But the two best candidates are uranium-233 and plutonium-239, one or both." / "They're in his bones too, aren't they?" / "Yeah, they're both boneseekers. And they've got half-lives of one hundred sixty-two thousand and twenty-four thousand years respectively. So they stay hot for a long time."1985, Michael Swanwick, “Boneseeker”, in In the Drift (New Ace Science Fiction Specials; series 3), New York, N.Y.: Ace Science Fiction Books, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 2017, →ISBN, page 80:
- Synonyms
- four and twenty, 24, XXIV
- Derived terms
- twenty-four-hour clock, twenty-four hour clock, 24-hour clock, twenty-four hour day, twenty-four hours a day, twenty-fourmo, twenty-fours, twenty-four seven, twenty-four/seven
- Related terms
- twenty-three, twenty-five