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Definition of Third

1. Noun. One of three equal parts of a divisible whole. "It contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"

2. Adjective. Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position.

3. Adverb. In the third place. "Third we must consider unemployment"

4. Noun. The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate). "He is playing third"

5. Noun. Following the second position in an ordering or series. "He answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"

6. Noun. The musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it. "A simple harmony written in major thirds"

7. Noun. The third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle. "You shouldn't try to start in third gear"

8. Noun. The base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball. "He was cut down on a close play at third"

Definition of Third

1. a. Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.

2. n. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.

Definition of Third

1. Ordinal number. The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second. ¹

2. Noun. The person or thing in the third position. ¹

3. Noun. One of three equal parts of a whole. ¹

4. Noun. The third gear of an engine. ¹

5. Noun. (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale. ¹

6. Noun. (baseball) third base ¹

7. Noun. (archaic) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce. ¹

8. Verb. To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded. ¹

9. Verb. To divide into three equal parts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Third

1. one of three equal parts [n -S]

Medical Definition of Third

1. 1. Next after the second; coming after two others; the ordinal of three; as, the thirdhour in the day. "The third night." 2. Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day. Third estate. In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons. In France, the tiers etat. See Tiers etat. Third order See Third. Origin: OE. Thirde, AS. Ridda, fr. Ri, reo, three; akin to D. Derde third, G. Dritte, Icel. Rii, Goth. Ridja, L. Tertius, Gr, Skr. Ttiya. See Three, and cf. Riding a jurisdiction, Tierce. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Third

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Literary usage of Third

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1. Annual Report (1902)
"Main to Broadway 839 16 third street, Broadway to Figueroa 2566 18 third street, Alameda to Central 500 30 Maple Avenue, south of Thirty-eighth 1006 4 ..."

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