About The Word Seventeenth

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Seventeenth

Seventeenth Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Seventeenth?
[n] position 17 in a countable series of things
[adj] coming next after the sixteenth in position Synonyms | Synonyms for Seventeenth: 17th | ordinal Related Terms | Find terms related to Seventeenth: See Also | rank Seventeenth In Webster's Dictionary \Sev"en*teenth`\, a. [From {Seventeen}: cf. AS.
seofonte['o][eth]a, seofonteoge[eth]a.]
1. Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen
others.
In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were
all the fountains of the great deep broken up.
--Gen. vii.
11.
2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into
which anything is divided.
\Sev"en*teenth`\, n. 1. The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others. 2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole. 3. (Mus.) An interval of two octaves and a third. |
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