Meaning of SEVENTH
Pronunciation: | | 'sevunth
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- [n] the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it
- [n] a seventh part
- [n] position seven in a countable series of things
- [adj] coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position
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| Synonyms: | | 7th, one-seventh, ordinal |
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| See Also: | | common fraction, interval, musical interval, rank, simple fraction | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Sev"enth\, a. [From {Seven}: cf. AS. seofo[eth]a.]
1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.
On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had
made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his
work which he had made. --Gen. ii. 2.
2. Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which
anything is divided; as, the seventh part.
{Seventh day}, the seventh day of the week; Saturday.
{Seventh-day Baptists}. See under {Baptist}.
\Sev"enth\, n.
1. One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six
others.
2. The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven
equal parts into which anything is divided.
3. (Mus.)
(a) An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the
scale.
(b) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh
whether major, minor, or diminished.
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