third, rd, tertiary
(adjective) coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
third, thirdly
(adverb) in the third place; “third we must consider unemployment”
third
(noun) the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; “a simple harmony written in major thirds”
third, one-third, tierce
(noun) one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; “it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement”
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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
third (not comparable)
The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
• 3rd, 3d, IIIrd, III
third (countable and uncountable, plural thirds)
The person or thing in the third position.
One of three equal parts of a whole.
(uncountable) The third gear of a gearbox.
(music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
(baseball) third base
(golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
(archaic) One sixtieth of a second, i.e, the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce.
• (gear): third gear
• (fractions): â…“
third (third-person singular simple present thirds, present participle thirding, simple past and past participle thirded)
(informal) To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
To divide into three equal parts.
• drith, thrid
Source: Wiktionary
Third, a. Etym: [OE. thirde, AS. , fr. , , three; akin to D. derde third, G. dritte, Icel. , Goth. , L. tertius, Gr. t. See Three, and cf. Riding a jurisdiction, Tierce.]
1. Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the thirdhour in the day. "The third night." Chaucer.
2. Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day. 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 Ă©tat. See Tiers Ă©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.
Third, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
2. The sixtieth part of a second of time.
3. (Mus.)
Definition: The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
4. pl. (Law)
Definition: The third part of the estate of a deseased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life. Major third (Mus.), an interval of two tones.
– Minor third (Mus.), an interval of a tone and a half.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
