Seventh

4 definitions found

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

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

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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

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

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "seventh":
     consecutive intervals, degree, diapason, diatessaron,
     diatonic interval, diatonic semitone, enharmonic diesis,
     enharmonic interval, fifth, fourth, half step, halftone, heptadic,
     heptagonal, heptahedral, heptamerous, heptangular, interval,
     less semitone, melodic interval, note, octave, parallel octaves,
     second, semitone, septempartite, septenary, septimal, septuple,
     sevenfold, sixth, step, third, tone, unison interval, whole step