seventh

seventh
seventh [sev′ənth]
adj.
[ME seventhe, a new formation < seoven + -th, replacing OE seofande (akin to Ger siebente) & seofotha]
1. preceded by six others in a series; 7th
2. designating any of the seven equal parts of something
n.
1. the one following the sixth
2. any of the seven equal parts of something; 1/ 7
3. Music
a) the seventh tone of an ascending diatonic scale, or a tone six degrees above or below any given tone in such a scale; leading tone; subtonic
b) the interval between two such tones, or a combination of them
c) the chord formed by any tone and the third, fifth, and seventh of which it is the fundamental: in full seventh chord
adv.
in the seventh place, rank, group, etc.
seventhly
adv.

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