38th

38th is the ordinal form of the number 38. It is used in naming and sequencing to indicate the position of an item within a series, such as a 38th edition, a 38th street, or the 38th occurrence of an event. The form is widely used across contexts including politics, geography, and the military to identify specific entities or units.

In the political sphere, the 38th United States Congress met from March 4, 1863, to March 4, 1865, during the American Civil War. The 38th President of the United States was Gerald R. Ford, who served from 1974 to 1977 after assuming office following Richard Nixon's resignation.

Geographically, the 38th parallel north is a circle of latitude roughly marking the division between North Korea and South Korea after World War II. It was chosen by the Allied powers in 1945 as the boundary line in Korea; the Korean War armistice later established the Korean Demilitarized Zone along a line close to it.

Other uses of 38th include various ordinal designations in military units, street names, and institutional identifiers assigned across different countries, illustrating how the ordinal 38th functions as a generic marker in both historical and contemporary contexts.