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Definition of Forties

Forties
Forties For"ties, n. pl. See Forty.
Forties
Forty For"ty, n.; pl. Forties (-t[i^]z). 1. The sum of four tens; forty units or objects. 2. A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.

Meaning of Forties from wikipedia

- Long Forties) Forties oilfield in the North Sea Forties pipeline system Roaring Forties, strong westerly winds found in the Southern Hemisphere Forty-ounce...
- Roaring Forties are not consistent: the wind-stream shifts north or south depending on the season. The strong and continuous winds in the Roaring Forties make...
- compare to the Broad Fourteens. The Shipping Forecast area Forties approximates to Long Forties, though with neater boundaries. The north of the latter falls...
- The Fighting Forties can refer to: the 1940s when Britain, the United States, and their allies took on the Axis Powers in Europe and the Far East. the...
- platforms around the field: Forties Alpha, Forties Bravo, Forties Charlie, Forties Delta and Forties Echo. A riser platform, Forties Unity, lies further to...
- base without being seen, they shout "forty forty I'm free", "forty forty home", "forty forty save myself", "forty forty in", “save myself 123” and are then...
- at APA Corporation's Forties Charlie platform. The pipeline carries crude oil 169 kilometres (105 mi), routing through the Forties Unity riser platform...
- The 1940s (pronounced "nineteen-forties" and commonly abbreviated as "the '40s" or "the Forties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1940, and ended...
- photography Sinclair, Ali. Roaring Forties at AllMusic Barton, Geoff (February 2010). "Peter Hammill - Roaring Forties". classic Rock. No. 141. p. 93....
- The Forty Elephants or Forty Thieves were a 19th to 20th century all-female London crime syndicate who specialised in shoplifting. This gang was notable...