Definitions for: Fifth


[n] the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
[n] a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
[n] a fifth part
[n] position five in a countable series of things; "he was fifth out of several hundred runners"
[adj] coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position



Webster (1913) Definition: Fifth, a. [OE. fifte, fifthe, AS. f[=i]fta. See Five.]
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 (Hist.), 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.


Fifth, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal
parts; a fifth part.



2. (Mus.) The interval of three tones and a semitone,
embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant
of any key.

Synonyms: 5th, fifth part, one-fifth, ordinal, twenty percent

See Also: common fraction, interval, musical interval, rank, simple fraction, United States liquid unit

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