[syn: eighth, 8th]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Eighth \Eighth\, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight
equal parts; an eighth part.
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2. (Mus.) The interval of an octave.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Eighth \Eighth\ ([=a]tth), a. [AS. eahto[eth]a.]
1. Next in order after the seventh.
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2. Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing.
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Eighth note (Mus.), the eighth part of a whole note, or
semibreve; a quaver.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
eighth
adj 1: coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth
in position [syn: eighth, 8th]
n 1: position eight in a countable series of things
2: one part in eight equal parts [syn: one-eighth, eighth]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "eighth":
contraoctave, double contraoctave, eightfold, four-foot octave,
four-line octave, great octave, octadic, octagonal, octahedral,
octal, octan, octaploid, octastyle, octave, octofid, octonary,
octosyllabic, octuple, one-line octave, ottava, ottava alta,
ottava bassa, small octave, subcontraoctave, tone row,
two-foot octave, two-line octave