noun. The ordinal number matching the number 17 in a series.

noun. One of 17 equal parts.

One next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen of the same class: an ordinal numeral: as, the seventeenth, day of the month.

Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which a thing may be divided.

noun. The next in order after the sixteenth; the seventh after the tenth.

noun. The quotient of unity divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts of a whole.

noun. In music, the melodic or harmonic interval of two octaves and a third; or an organ-stop giving tones at such an interval from the normal pitch of the digitals; a tierce.

adjective. Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others.

adjective. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided.

noun. The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others.

noun. The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole.

noun. An interval of two octaves and a third.

noun. The ordinal form of the number seventeen.

noun. One of seventeen equal parts of a whole.

noun. An interval of two octaves and a third.

adjective. coming next after the sixteenth in position

noun. position 17 in a countable series of things

"Then the telescope will reveal stars still fainter and fainter, down to what we term the seventeenth or eighteenth magnitudes, or even lower still."

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