Fifth

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  • noun. The ordinal number matching the number five in a series.
  • noun. One of five equal parts.
  • noun. One fifth of a gallon or four fifths of a quart of liquor.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A tone five degrees above or below a given tone in a diatonic scale.
  • noun. The interval between two such tones.
  • noun. The harmonic combination of two such tones.
  • noun. The dominant of a scale or key.
  • noun. The Fifth Amendment. Used with the.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Next after the fourth: an ordinal numeral.
  • noun. The quotient of unity divided by five; one of five equal parts of anything: as, one fifth (⅕) of an acre.
  • noun. In music: A tone five diatonic degrees above or below any given tone.
  • noun. The interval between any tone and a tone five degrees distant from it.
  • noun. The combination of two tones distant by a fifth.
  • noun. In a scale, the fifth tone from the bottom; the dominant: solmizated sol, as G in the scale of C, or E in that of A.
  • noun. In early English law, a fifth part of the rents of the year, or of movables, or both, granted or levied by way of tax.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five.
  • adjective. Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing.
  • adjective. 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.
  • adjective. a horizontal wheel or segment above the fore axle of a carriage and beneath the body, forming an extended support to prevent careening.
  • noun. The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.
  • noun. The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. The ordinal form of the number five.
  • noun. The person or thing in the fifth position.
  • noun. One of five equal parts of a whole.
  • noun. The fifth gear of an engine.
  • noun. A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters.
  • noun. The musical interval between one note and another five tones higher.
  • noun. The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.
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  • noun. one part in five equal parts
  • noun. a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
  • adjective. coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position
  • noun. position five in a countable series of things
  • noun. the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
  • Word Usage
    "Why are four of the stars one color, while the fifth is a different color?"