[syn: fifth, 5th]
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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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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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
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
Fifth
An enhanced version of FORTH. M.S. Dissertation, Cliff Click
, Texas A&M, 1985. Available from the
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