What does "seventh" mean?
Seventh: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.
- 3.The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided.
- 4.(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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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