What is the meaning of Third?

  • (n.) The sixtieth part of a second of time.
  • (a.) Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.
  • (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
  • (a.) Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
  • (n.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
  • (n.) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.
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APAWebster's. (2011). third. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/third/definitions/2072142
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MLAWebster's. "third" 28 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/third/definitions/2072142>
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