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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fourth \Fourth\, a. [OE. fourthe, ferthe, feorthe, AS fe['o]r[eth]a, fr fe['o]wer four.] 1. Next in order after the third the ordinal of four 2. Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fourth \Fourth\, n. 1. One of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four one coming next in order after the third 2. (Mus.) The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key. {The Fourth}, specifically, in the United States, the fourth day of July, the anniversary of the declaration of American independence; as to celebrate the Fourth From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fourth adj : coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude; "the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present" [syn: {4th}, {quaternary}] n 1: following the third position; number four in a countable series 2: one of four equal parts "a quarter of a pound" [syn: {one-fourth}, {quarter}, {fourth part}, {twenty-five percent}, {quartern}] 3: the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it adv : in the fourth place "fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month" [syn: {fourthly}]
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