[syn: seventh, 7th]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
seventh
adj 1: coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in
position [syn: seventh, 7th]
n 1: position seven in a countable series of things
2: one part in seven equal parts [syn: one-seventh, seventh]
3: the musical interval between one note and another seven notes
away from it
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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