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Twelfth

Twelfth, a.

adjective

[A-S. twelfta, f. and n. twelfte, L. Ger. twölfte, D. twaalfde, Icel. tólfti, Sw. tolfte, Dan. tolvte, O. H. Ger. zwelfte, N. H. Ger. zwölfte.]

Sense 1. The second after the tenth; next succeeding the eleventh;—the ordinal of twelve.

Sense 2. Constituting or being one of twelve equal parts into which any thing is divided.

Twēlfth, n.

noun

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

Sense 2. (Mus.) An interval comprising an octave and a fifth.