third

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The ordinal form of the cardinal number three

   The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

   • The third tree from the left is my favorite.
   • The second and third quarters of the shield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[…]
2. 2

   The person or thing in the third position.

   • Jones came in third.
3. 3

   One of three equal parts of a whole.

   • He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.
   • Around a third of both Black and White respondents said they believed the opposition Labour Party to be institutionally racist.
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   1. 4

      Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox).

      • Now put it into third.
   2. 5

      An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.

      • They sing in thirds.
   3. 6

      third base

      • The play ended with Jones standing on third.
   4. 7

      A handicap of one stroke every third hole.

   5. 8

      A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme

   6. 9

      One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a…

      One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system.

      • […] thirds (sixtieths of seconds), fourths (sixtieths of thirds) and so on, but then it becomes very cumbersome.
   7. 10

      To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.

   8. 11

      To divide into three equal parts.

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