 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fourth
adjective: coming next after the third and just before the fifth in
position or time or degree or magnitude; "the
quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end
of the tertiary period to the present" [syn: {4th}, {quaternary}]
noun
1: following the third position; number four in a countable
series
2: one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" [syn: {one-fourth},
{quarter}, {fourth part}, {twenty-five percent}, {quartern}]
3: the musical interval between one note and another four notes
away from it
adverb: in the fourth place; "fourthly, you must pay the rent on the
first of the month" [syn: {fourthly}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fourth \Fourth\, adjective [OE. fourthe, ferthe, feorthe, AS.
fe['o]r[eth]a, fr. fe['o]wer four.]
1. Next in order after the third; the ordinal of four.
2. Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be
divided.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fourth \Fourth\, noun
1. One of four equal parts into which one whole may be
divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four.
2. (Mus.) The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing
four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any
key.
3. One coming next in order after the third.
{The Fourth}, specifically, in the United States, the fourth
day of July, the anniversary of the declaration of
American independence; as, to celebrate the Fourth.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "fourth":
consecutive intervals, degree, diapason, diatessaron,
diatonic interval, diatonic semitone, enharmonic diesis,
enharmonic interval, farthing, fifth, fourth part, half step,
halftone, interval, less semitone, melodic interval, note, octave,
one-fourth, parallel octaves, quart, quarter, quartern, quarto,
second, semitone, seventh, sixth, step, third, tone,
twenty-five cents, twenty-five percent, two bits, unison interval,
whole step
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