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Meaning of SEVENTH

Pronunciation:  'sevunth

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it
  2. [n]  a seventh part
  3. [n]  position seven in a countable series of things
  4. [adj]  coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position
 
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 Synonyms: 7th, one-seventh, ordinal
 
 See Also: common fraction, interval, musical interval, rank, simple fraction

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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}.
    
  2. \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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