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fifth![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 ![]() Fifth \Fifth\, a. [OE. fifte, fifthe, AS. f[imac]fta. See Five.] 1. Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five. [1913 Webster] 2. Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing. [1913 Webster] Fifth monarchy men (Hist.), a fanatical sect in England, of the time of the commonwealth, who maintained that there would be a fifth universal monarchy, during which Christ would reign on earth a thousand years. Fifth wheel, a horizontal wheel or segment above the fore axle of a carriage and beneath the body, forming an extended support to prevent careening. [1913 Webster] ![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 ![]()
Fifth \Fifth\, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal
parts; a fifth part.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mus.) The interval of three tones and a semitone,
embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant
of any key.
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fifth
adj : coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in
position [syn: 5th]
n 1: a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States
gallon
2: position five in a countable series of things; "he was fifth
out of several hundred runners"
3: a fifth part [syn: one-fifth, fifth part, twenty
percent]
4: the musical interval between one note and another five notes
away from it
![]() ![]() Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 ![]() 45 Moby Thesaurus words for "fifth": consecutive intervals, decimalization, decimation, degree, diapason, diatessaron, diatonic interval, diatonic semitone, enharmonic diesis, enharmonic interval, fivefold, fourth, half step, halftone, interval, less semitone, melodic interval, note, octave, parallel octaves, pentad, pentadic, pentastyle, pentavalent, quinary, quincuncial, quinquefid, quinquennial, quinquepartite, quinquepartition, quinquesection, quintuple, quintuplicate, second, semitone, seventh, sextipartition, sixth, step, tenth, third, tithe, tone, unison interval, whole step ![]() ![]() Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) ![]()
Fifth
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