SEVENTEENTH

seventeenth, th

(adjective) coming next after the sixteenth in position

seventeenth

(noun) position 17 in a countable series of things

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

seventeenth

The ordinal form of the number seventeen.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

17th, 17^th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XVII

Noun

seventeenth (plural seventeenths)

One of seventeen equal parts of a whole.

(music) An interval of two octaves and a third.

Source: Wiktionary

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Sev"en*teenth`, a. Etym: [From Seventeen: cf. AS. seofonteóedha, seofonteogeedha.]

1. Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others. In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were all the fountains of the great deep broken up. Gen. vii. 11.

2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided.

Sev"en*teenth`, n.

1. The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others.

2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole.

3. (Mus.)

Definition: An interval of two octaves and a third.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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