Fifth

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fifth
       adj : coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in
             position [syn: {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: a fifth part [syn: {one-fifth}, {fifth part}, {twenty
          percent}]
       4: the musical interval between one note and another five notes
          away from it

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "fifth":
     consecutive intervals, decimalization, decimation, degree,
     diapason, diatessaron, diatonic interval, diatonic semitone,
     enharmonic diesis, enharmonic interval, fivefold, fourth,
     half step, halftone, interval, less semitone, melodic interval,
     note, octave, parallel octaves, pentad, pentadic, pentastyle,
     pentavalent, quinary, quincuncial, quinquefid, quinquennial,
     quinquepartite, quinquepartition, quinquesection, quintuple,
     quintuplicate, second, semitone, seventh, sextipartition, sixth,
     step, tenth, third, tithe, tone, unison interval, whole step
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Fifth
       
          An enhanced version of FORTH.  M.S. Dissertation, Cliff Click
          , Texas A&M, 1985.  Available from the
          Software Construction Co, (409)696-5432.