What does "seventeenth" mean?
Seventeenth: 2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided.
Additional senses
- 2.The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others.
- 3.The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole.
- 4.(Mus.) An interval of two octaves and a third.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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