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Third   /θərd/   Listen
adjective
Third  adj.  
1.
Next after the second; coming after two others; the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day. "The third night."
2.
Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
Third estate.
(a)
In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons.
(b)
In France, the tiers état. See Tiers etat.
Third order (R. C. Ch.), 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 (Gram.), the person spoken of. See Person, n., 7.
Third sound. (Mus.) See Third, n., 3.


noun
Third  n.  
1.
The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
2.
The sixtieth part of a second of time.
3.
(Mus.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
4.
pl. (Law) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.
Major third (Mus.), an interval of two tones.
Minor third (Mus.), an interval of a tone and a half.





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... come from?" "Yes, yes, that is so, truly! You remember the ravine there, all rocks, and the lake below; many met their doom there." "Let me introduce you to the Commander of the Third Division." "Give me a light, old fellow! We are ...
— 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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