ninetyseventh

ninetyseventh is the ordinal number that follows ninety-sixth and precedes ninety-eighth. It represents a position or rank in a sequence of one hundred items. When counting or listing items, ninety-seventh indicates the item that is the 97th in order. For example, in a race with 100 participants, the person finishing in ninety-seventh place is just behind the ninety-sixth finisher and just ahead of the ninety-eighth finisher. In a list of dates, the ninety-seventh day of a year would be the day that falls after the ninety-sixth day and before the ninety-eighth day. The concept of ninety-seventh is fundamental in understanding ordinality and numerical ordering. It is also used in contexts like "ninety-seventh percentile," which signifies the value below which 97% of data points fall.