[syn: seventh, 7th]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Seventh \Sev"enth\, a. [From Seven: cf. AS. seofo[eth]a.]
1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.
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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.
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2. Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which
anything is divided; as, the seventh part.
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Seventh day, the seventh day of the week; Saturday.
Seventh-day Baptists. See under Baptist.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Seventh \Sev"enth\, n.
1. One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six
others.
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2. The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven
equal parts into which anything is divided.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
seventh
adj 1: coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in
position [syn: seventh, 7th]
n 1: position seven in a countable series of things
2: one part in seven equal parts [syn: one-seventh, seventh]
3: the musical interval between one note and another seven notes
away from it