Eighth

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  • noun. The ordinal number matching the number eight in a series.
  • noun. One of eight equal parts.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Next after the seventh: an ordinal numeral.
  • noun. The quotient of unity divided by eight; one of eight equal parts of anything.
  • noun. In music: The interval between any tone and a tone on the eighth diatonic degree above or below it; an octave.
  • noun. A tone distant by an eighth or octave from a given tone; an octave or replicate. The eighth tone of a scale is really the prime or key-note of a replicate scale.
  • noun. An eighth-note.
  • noun. In early English law, an eighth part of the rents for 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 seventh.
  • adjective. Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing.
  • adjective. the eighth part of a whole note, or semibreve; a quaver.
  • noun. The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight equal parts; an eighth part.
  • noun. The interval of an octave.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. The ordinal form of the number eight.
  • noun. The person or thing in the eighth position.
  • noun. One of eight equal parts of a whole.
  • noun. An "eighth" of an ounce equalling approximately 3.5 grams in marijuana or other drugs.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. position eight in a countable series of things
  • adjective. coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
  • noun. one part in eight equal parts
  • Word Usage
    "[1456] The argument here is due to a misapprehension of the meaning of the term eighth in Psalm vi. and xi.title. cf.n. on De Sp.S. S: 66."
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