'Third' definitions:
Definition of 'third'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In the third place; "third we must consider unemployment" [syn: third, thirdly]
adjective
noun
One of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement" [syn: one-third, third, tierce]
noun
The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate); "he is playing third" [syn: third base, third]
noun
Following the second position in an ordering or series; "a distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"
noun
The musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds"
noun
The third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear" [syn: third gear, third]
noun
The base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third" [syn: third base, third]
Definition of 'Third'
From: GCIDE
- Third \Third\ (th[~e]rd), a. [OE. thirde, AS. [thorn]ridda, fr. [thorn]r[imac], [thorn]re['o], three; akin to D. derde third, G. dritte, Icel. [thorn]ri[eth]i, Goth. [thorn]ridja, L. tertius, Gr. tri`tos, Skr. t[.r]t[imac]ya. See Three, and cf. Riding a jurisdiction, Tierce.]
- 1. Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day. "The third night." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day. [1913 Webster]
- Third estate. (a) In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons. (b) In France, the tiers ['e]tat. See Tiers ['e]tat.
- Third order (R. C. Ch.), an order attached to a monastic order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if they remain seculars, and by more solemn vows if they become regulars. See Tertiary, n., 1.
- Third person (Gram.), the person spoken of. See Person, n., 7.
- Third sound. (Mus.) See Third, n., 3. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Third'
From: GCIDE
- Third \Third\, n.
- 1. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The sixtieth part of a second of time. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mus.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant. [1913 Webster]
- 4. pl. (Law) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life. [1913 Webster]
- Major third (Mus.), an interval of two tones.
- Minor third (Mus.), an interval of a tone and a half. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'third'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- consecutive intervals,
- degree,
- diapason,
- diatessaron,
- diatonic interval,
- diatonic semitone,
- divide in thirds,
- enharmonic diesis,
- enharmonic interval,
- fifth,
- fourth,
- half step,
- halftone,
- interval,
- irregular,
- less semitone,
- melodic interval,
- note,
- octave,
- parallel octaves,
- schlock,
- schmatte,
- second,
- semitone,
- seventh,
- sixth,
- step,
- tertiary,
- tierce,
- tone,
- trichotomize,
- trifurcate,
- unison interval,
- whole step
Words containing 'Third'
- Thirdings,
- Thirdly,
- Major third,
- Minor third,
- Third Lake,
- Third estate,
- Third order,
- Third person,
- Third rail,
- Third sound,
- third base,
- third baseman,
- third class,
- third crusade,
- third deck,
- third degree,
- third dimension,
- third eye,
- third eyelid,
- third gear,
- third house,
- third party,
- third power,
- third rate,
- third reich,
- third sacker,
- third stomach,
- third string,
- third tonsil,
- third trimester,
- third ventricle,
- third world,
- Third Lake, IL,
- Third-borough,
- Third-penny,
- euclid's third axiom,
- forty-third,
- john third epistle of,
- kepler's third law,
- newton's third law,
- one-third,
- third baron rayleigh,
- third battle of ypres,
- third council of constantinople,
- third cranial nerve,
- third epistel of john,
- third lateran council,
- third law of motion,
- third law of thermodynamics,
- third-dimensional,
- third-dimensionality,
- third-rate,
- third-rater,
- third-year,
- thirty-third,
- twenty-third,
- two-thirds,
- Third-rail system,
- juniorprenominal third-year,
- newton's third law of motion,
- third-class mail,
- third-degree burn,
- third-place finish,
- Brothers of the Third Order of St Francis