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Third

adjective

Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position. Synonyms: 3rd, tertiary.

noun

One of three equal parts of a divisible whole. Synonyms: one-third, tierce.

The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate). Synonym: third base.

Following the second position in an ordering or series. "He answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"

The musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it.

The third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle. Synonym: third gear.

The base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball. Synonym: third base.

adverb

In the third place. Synonym: thirdly.

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— Tales of the Wilderness • Boris Pilniak

... making up of tickets in each department from candidates nominated by one hundred electors; (6) the restriction of each elector to a vote for but a single ticket; and (7) an extension of the life of the Chamber from four to six years, one-third of the members to be chosen biennially. In the ministerial declaration accompanying the announcement of this scheme Premier Briand declared that the effect of the scrutin d'arrondissement had been to narrow the political horizon ...

— The Governments of Europe • Frederic Austin Ogg

... A third consideration was the finding of the ampulla in McGroarty's car. Stella, Marilyn, Jack Gordon, Merle Shirley, and Werner had ridden out together. Werner had not returned. While this fact did not indicate definitely that he might have dropped it, ...

— The Film Mystery • Arthur B. Reeve

... Third. The inefficient rule-of-thumb methods, which are still almost universal in all trades, and in practicing which our workmen waste a ...

— The Principles of Scientific Management • Frederick Winslow Taylor

... seemingly intent on redeeming the time lost to trade by the siege. I was struck by the great preponderance of the black population. By the last census, the population of Pernambuco, including Olinda was seventy thousand, of which not above one third are white: the rest are mulatto or negro. The mulattoes are, generally speaking, more active, more industrious, and more lively than either of the other classes. They have amassed great fortunes, in many instances, and are far from being backward in ...

— Journal of a Voyage to Brazil - And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 • Maria Graham

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