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ALL meanings of fifth

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  • noun fifth The ordinal form of the number five. 1
  • noun Definition of fifth in Technology An enhanced version of FORTH. M.S. Dissertation, Cliff Click <[email protected]>, Texas A&M, 1985. Available from the Software Construction Co, (409)696-5432. 1
  • adjective fifth item, person: 5th in series, list 1
  • adverb fifth in 5th position, place 1
  • noun fifth fraction: 5th part, 20 per cent 1
  • noun fifth 5th day of the month 1
  • noun fifth musical interval 1
  • noun fifth 5th item, person in series, list 1
  • noun fifth automobile: 5th gear 1
  • noun fifth measure of alcohol 1
  • noun fifth music: 5th symphony, etc. 1
  • noun fifth 5th monarch with specified name 1
  • adjective fifth next after the fourth; being the ordinal number for five. 1
  • adjective fifth being one of five equal parts. 1
  • adjective fifth Automotive. of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the drive shaft speed is greater than that of fourth gear for a given engine crankshaft speed: fifth gear. 1
  • adverb fifth in the fifth place; fifthly. 1
  • noun fifth a fifth part, especially of one (1/5). 1
  • noun fifth the fifth member of a series. 1
  • noun fifth a fifth part of a gallon of liquor or spirits; 4/5 (0.8) of a quart (about 750 milliliters). 1
  • noun fifth Automotive. fifth gear. 1
  • noun fifth Music. a tone on the fifth degree from another tone (counted as the first). the interval between such tones. the harmonic combination of such tones. 1
  • idioms fifth take the Fifth, Informal. to decline on the basis of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to answer a question when testifying. 1
  • noun fifth The person or thing in the fifth position. 0
  • noun fifth One of five equal parts of a whole. 0
  • noun fifth The fifth gear of an engine. 0
  • noun fifth A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters. 0
  • noun fifth The musical interval between one note and another five tones higher. 0
  • noun fifth The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody. 0
  • ordinal number fifth The fifth item in a series is the one that you count as number five. 0
  • fraction fifth A fifth is one of five equal parts of something. 0
  • adjective fifth coming after the fourth in order, position, time, etc. Often written: 5th 0
  • adjective fifth (as noun) 0
  • noun fifth one of five equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc 0
  • noun fifth (as modifier) 0
  • noun fifth the fraction equal to one divided by five (1⁄5) 0
  • noun fifth the interval between one note and another five notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale 0
  • noun fifth one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other 0
  • noun fifth an additional high gear fitted to some motor vehicles 0
  • adverb fifth after the fourth person, position, event, etc 0
  • sentence connector fifth as the fifth point: linking what follows with the previous statements, as in a speech or argument 0
  • adjective fifth preceded by four others in a series; 5th 0
  • adjective fifth designating any of the five equal parts of something 0
  • noun fifth the one following the fourth 0
  • noun fifth any of the five equal parts of something; 1⁄5 0
  • noun fifth a unit of liquid measure for alcoholic beverages, equal to a fifth of a gallon (0.757 liter) 0
  • noun fifth a bottle of alcohol with a capacity of one fifth of a gallon 0
  • noun fifth the fifth tone of an ascending diatonic scale, or a tone four degrees above or below any given tone in such a scale; dominant 0
  • noun fifth the interval between two such tones, or a combination of them 0
  • noun fifth Fifth Amendment 0
  • adverb fifth in the fifth place, rank, group, etc. 0
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