seventeenth

seventeenth is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided.
  2. 2.The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others.
  3. 3.The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole.
  4. 4.(Mus.) An interval of two octaves and a third.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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