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ELEVENTH: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:  i'levunth

Matching Terms:  eleventh cranial nerve, Eleventh Hour

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  position 11 in a countable series of things
  2. [adj]  coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position
 
 Synonyms: 11th, ordinal
 
 See Also: rank

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \E*lev"enth\, a. [Cf. AS. endlyfta. See {Eleven}.]
    1. Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter.
    2. Constituting one of eleven parts into which a thing is
       divided; as, the eleventh part of a thing.
    3. (Mus.) Of or pertaining to the interval of the octave and
       the fourth.
    
  2. \E*lev"enth\, n.
    1. The quotient of a unit divided by eleven; one of eleven
       equal parts.
    2. (Mus.) The interval consisting of ten conjunct degrees;
       the interval made up of an octave and a fourth.
    
 

 

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