three-fifths

See also: three fifths

English

Alternative forms

• three fifths

Numeral

three-fifths (3/5)

1. Three of five equal parts (3/5, ⅗, 0.6).

   three-fifths of the population

   a three-fifths majority

Collocations

Nouns often used with "three-fifths"

clause, majority, rule, representation, interest, length, vote, compromise

Translations

three of five equal parts

• Czech: tři pětiny
• German: drei Fünftel pl

See also

• Thesaurus:fraction
• Appendix:English numerals