SEVENTH


Meaning of SEVENTH in English

/sev"euhnth/ , adj.

1. next after the sixth; being the ordinal number for seven.

2. being one of seven equal parts.

n.

3. a seventh part, esp. of one ( 1 / 7 ).

4. the seventh member of a series.

5. Music.

a. a tone on the seventh degree from a given tone (counted as the first).

b. the interval between such tones.

c. the harmonic combination of such tones.

[ bef. 950; ME; see SEVEN, -TH 2 ; r. ME sevethe, OE seofotha ]

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