fifth
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
fifth
adj 1: coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in
position [syn: {fifth}, {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: one part in five equal parts [syn: {one-fifth}, {fifth},
{fifth part}, {twenty percent}]
4: the musical interval between one note and another five notes
away from it
from
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.
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2. Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing.
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{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.
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from
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.
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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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from
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
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