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Seventh

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sev⋅enth

  [sev-uhnth]
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–adjective
1. next after the sixth; being the ordinal number for seven.
2. being one of seven equal parts.
–noun
3. a seventh part, esp. of one ( 1/7 ).
4. the seventh member of a series.
5. Music.
a. a tone on the seventh degree from a given tone (counted as the first).
b. the interval between such tones.
c. the harmonic combination of such tones.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME; see seven, -th 2 ; r. ME sevethe, OE seofotha
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sev·enth   (sěv'ənth)   
n.  

  1. The ordinal number matching the number seven in a series.

  2. One of seven equal parts.

  3. Music An interval encompassing seven diatonic degrees.


[Middle English, alteration of sefende, from Old English seofunda, from seofon, seven; see seven.]
sev'enth adv. & adj.
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Word Origin & History

seventh 
O.E. seofunda (Anglian), from P.Gmc. *sebundon (cf. O.N. sjaundi, O.H.G. sibunto), from seven (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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