Found 2 items, similar to fifth.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fifth fifth n 1: a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon 2: position five in a countable series of things; “he was fifth out of several hundred runners” 3: a fifth part [syn: one-fifth, fifth part, twenty percent ] 4: the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it fifth adj : coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position [syn: 5th]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fifth Fifth \Fifth\, a. [OE. fifte, fifthe, AS. f[=i]fta. See Five.] 1. Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five. [1913 Webster] 2. Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing. [1913 Webster] Fifth monarchy men (Hist.), a fanatical sect in England, of the time of the commonwealth, who maintained that there would be a fifth universal monarchy, during which Christ would reign on earth a thousand years. Fifth wheel, a horizontal wheel or segment above the fore axle of a carriage and beneath the body, forming an extended support to prevent careening. [1913 Webster] Fifth \Fifth\, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key. [1913 Webster]