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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Eleventh

E-lĕv'enth, a.

adjective

a. [A-S. endlyfta, endlefta, ällyfa, Dan. ellevte, Sw. & Ger. elfte, D. elfde.]

Sense 1. Next in order after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter.

Sense 2. Constituting one of eleven parts into which a thing is divided; as, the eleventh part of a thing.

Sense 3. (Mus.) Of, or pertaining to, the interval of the octave and the fourth.

E-lĕv'enth, n.

noun

n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by eleven; one of eleven equal parts. 2. (Mus.) The interval consisting of ten conjunct degrees; the interval made up of an octave and a fourth.