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Webster 1913 Edition


Seventh

Sev′enth

,
Adj.
[From
Seven
: cf. AS.
seofoða
.]
1.
Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.
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.
2.
Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided;
as, the
seventh
part
.
Seventh day
,
the seventh day of the week; Saturday.
Seventh-day Baptists
.
See under
Baptist
.

Sev′enth

,
Noun.
1.
One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.
2.
The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Seventh

SEV'ENTH

,
Adj.
1. The ordinal of seven; the first after the sixth.
On the seventh day God ended his work which he had made, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work which he had made. Gen. 2.
2. Containing or being one part in seven; as the seventh part.

SEV'ENTH

,
Noun.
1. The seventh part; one part in seven.
2. In music, a dissonat interval or heptachord. An interval consisting of four tones and two major semitones, is called a seventh minor. An interval composed of five tones and a major semitone, is called a seventh major.

Definition 2024


seventh

seventh

English

English numbers
70
 <  6 7 8  > 
    Cardinal : seven
    Ordinal : seventh
    Multiplier : septuple

Adjective

seventh

  1. The ordinal form of the number seven.

Synonyms

  • 7th, 7th; (in names of monarchs and popes) VII

Translations

Noun

seventh (plural sevenths)

  1. The person or thing in the seventh position.
  2. One of seven equal parts of a whole.
  3. (music) A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison.

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