2 entries under this word

Fourth

Fourth, a.

adjective

(fōrth), a. [A-S feōrdha, from feōwer, four.] 1. Next following the third and preceding the fifth; coming after three predecessors. 2. Forming one of four parts into which any thing is divided.

Fōurth, n.

noun

n. 1. One of four equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four.

Sense 2. (Mus.) The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale.