a. | 1. | Next in order after the fourth; - the ordinal of five. | ||||||
2. | Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing.
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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. |
Noun | 1. | fifth - a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon |
2. | fifth - position five in a countable series of things; "he was fifth out of several hundred runners" | |
3. | fifth - a fifth part | |
4. | fifth - the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it | |
Adj. | 1. | fifth - coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position Synonyms: 5th |
Fifth - An enhanced version of FORTH. M.S. Dissertation, Cliff Click
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