Definitions for: Seventh


[n] the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it
[n] a seventh part
[n] position seven in a countable series of things
[adj] coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position



Webster (1913) Definition: Sev"enth, a. [From Seven: cf. AS. seofo[eth]a.]
1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.

On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had
made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his
work which he had made. --Gen. ii. 2.

2. Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which
anything is divided; as, the seventh part.

Seventh day, the seventh day of the week; Saturday.

Seventh-day Baptists. See under Baptist.


Sev"enth, n.
1. One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six
others.

2. The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven
equal parts into which anything is divided.

3. (Mus.)
(a) An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the
scale.
(b) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh
whether major, minor, or diminished.

Synonyms: 7th, one-seventh, ordinal

See Also: common fraction, interval, musical interval, rank, simple fraction

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