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Seventh

Sĕv'enth, a.

adjective

(sĕv'nth), a. [A-S. seofodha.]

Sense 1. One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six of the same kind or class.

On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. Gen. ii. 2.

Sense 2. Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which any thing is divided; as, the seventh part.

Sĕv'enth, n.

noun

n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts.

  1. One next in order after the sixth.
  2. (Mus.) (a.) The interval of five tones and a semitone, embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale. (b.) A certain chord.