Penultimate means the next before last.
For example: 2, 4, 12, 56, 4. The penultimate number is 56.
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The penultimate month of the year is November.
It means: not the last one, but the one before the last one.A single word with the same meaning is penultimate.
last but one, second to last, one before the last, next to last
The pre-penultimate element of the series.
The easiest way is to consult a circle of fifths. As a band director, I require my students to keep one with them in their folder. The second simple method is this. C has 0 flats, memorize that. Again, memorize that F has 1 flat. Finally. After that, the name of the key signature will be the penultimate flat (that is the second to the last flat in the key signature.) As an example, if there are 4 flats in your key signature they are: Bb Eb Ab and Db. They will always be listed in that order. Ab is the penultimate, and thusly this would be the key of Ab.