twelfth
twelfth is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Consisting, or being one of, twelve equal parts into which anything is divided.
- 2.The quotient of a unit divided by twelve; one of twelve equal parts of one whole.
- 3.The next in order after the eleventh.
- 4.(Mus.) An interval comprising an octave and a fifth.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alone
- alter
- among
- centesimal
- certain
- decimal
- decimate
- decimation
- deficit
- division
- duodecimal
- few
- fifth
- five
- hundredth
- inter
- large
- majority
- millesimal
- more
- multitude
- non
- not
- number
- one
- other
- pentavalent
- plural
- plurality
- quinquarticular
- quinquefid
- quinquepartite
- several
- sexagenary
- sexagesimal
- some
- tenth
- than
- three
- tithe
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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