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Definition of Fifth

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

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

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

4. Noun. One part in five equal parts.

5. Noun. The musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it.

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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