About The Word Fifth
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Fifth
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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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