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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Third

/(thẽrd)/ · IPA /θɜːd/
01 a. Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.
  1. 1.
    Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.
  2. 2.
    Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
Phrases & compounds
Third estate — In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons.
Third order — an order attached to a monastic order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if they remain seculars, and by more solemn vows if they become regulars. See Tertiary, n., 1.
Third person — the person spoken of. See Person, n., 7.
Third sound — See Third, n., 3.
02 n. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
  1. 1.
    The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
  2. 2.
    The sixtieth part of a second of time.
  3. 3.
    The third tone of the scale; the mediant.(Mus.)
  4. 4.
    The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.(Law)
Phrases & compounds
Major third — an interval of two tones.
Minor third — an interval of a tone and a half.