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Fifth

Fifth Meaning & Definition
Fifth Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fifth?

[n] the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
[n] a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
[n] a fifth part
[n] position five in a countable series of things; "he was fifth out of several hundred runners"
[adj] coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fifth: 5th | fifth part | one-fifth | ordinal | twenty percent

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | common fraction | interval | musical interval | rank | simple fraction | United States liquid unit

Fifth In Webster's Dictionary

\Fifth\, a. [OE. fifte, fifthe, AS. f[=i]fta. See {Five}.] 1. Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five. 2. Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing. {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.
\Fifth\, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part. 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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