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seventh


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Seventh  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Seventh  \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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  seventh 
  adj  :  coming  next  after  the  sixth  and  just  before  the  eighth  in 
  position  [syn:  {7th}] 
  n  1:  position  seven  in  a  countable  series  of  things 
  2:  a  seventh  part  [syn:  {one-seventh}] 
  3:  the  musical  interval  between  one  note  and  another  seven 
  notes  away  from  it 




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