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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.
Generic synonyms: Common Fraction, Simple Fraction
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)