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seventeenth |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Seventeenth \Sev"en*teenth`\, a. [From {Seventeen}: cf AS seofonte['o][eth]a, seofonteoge[eth]a.] 1. Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were all the fountains of the great deep broken up --Gen. vii. 11. 2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Seventeenth \Sev"en*teenth`\, n. 1. The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others 2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole. 3. (Mus.) An interval of two octaves and a third From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: seventeenth adj : coming next after the sixteenth in position [syn: {17th}] n : position 17 in a countable series of things
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