Definition of Fifth

1. Noun. A quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon.

Generic synonyms: United States Liquid Unit

2. Adjective. Coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position.
Exact synonyms: 5th
Similar to: Ordinal

3. Noun. Position five in a countable series of things. "He was fifth out of several hundred runners"
Generic synonyms: Rank

4. Noun. One part in five equal parts.

5. Noun. The musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it.
Generic synonyms: Interval, Musical Interval

Definition of Fifth

1. a. Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five.

2. n. The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.

Definition of Fifth

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

Medical Definition of Fifth

1. 1. Next in order after the fourth; the ordinal of five. 2. Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing. Fifth monarchy men, a fanatical sect in England, of the time of the commonwealth, who maintained that there would be a fifth universal monarchy, during which Christ would reign on earth a thousand years. Fifth wheel, a horizontal wheel or segment above the fore axle of a carriage and beneath the body, forming an extended support to prevent careening. Origin: OE. Fifte, fifthe, AS. Fifta. See Five. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fifth

fife
fifed
fifer
fifers
fifes
fife rail
fifi
fifing
FIFO
fifteen
fifteens
fifteenth
fifteenth
fifteenths
fifth (current term)
fifth (current term)
fifthly
fifths
Fifth Amendment
Fifth Avenue
fifth column
fifth columnist
fifth cranial nerve
fifth cranial nerve
Fifth Crusade
fifth disease
fifth finger
fifth part
fifth ventricle
fifth wheel

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