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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Seventh \Sev"enth\, adjective [From {Seven}: cf. AS. seofo[eth]a.]
1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.
On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. --Gen. ii. 2.
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}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Seventh \Sev"enth\, noun
1. One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.
2. The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided.
3. (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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
seventh
adjective: coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position [syn: {7th}]
noun
1: position seven in a countable series of things
2: a seventh part [syn: {one-seventh}]
3: the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "seventh": consecutive intervals, degree, diapason, diatessaron, diatonic interval, diatonic semitone, enharmonic diesis, enharmonic interval, fifth, fourth, half step, halftone, heptadic, heptagonal, heptahedral, heptamerous, heptangular, interval, less semitone, melodic interval, note, octave, parallel octaves, second, semitone, septempartite, septenary, septimal, septuple, sevenfold, sixth, step, third, tone, unison interval, whole step
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