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Webster 1913 Edition


Twelfth

Twelfth

(twĕlfth)
,
Adj.
[For
twelft
, OE.
twelfte
, AS.
twelfta
. See
Twelve
.]
1.
Next in order after the eleventh; coming after eleven others; – the ordinal of twelve.
2.
Constituting, or being one of, twelve equal parts into which anything is divided.

Twelfth

,
Noun.
1.
The quotient of a unit divided by twelve; one of twelve equal parts of one whole.
2.
The next in order after the eleventh.
3.
(Mus.)
An interval comprising an octave and a fifth.

Webster 1828 Edition


Twelfth

TWELFTH

,
Adj.
The second after the tenth; the ordinal of twelve.