Definition of Thrd
Third (th&etilde;rd), a. [OE. thirde,
AS. þridda, fr. þrī,
þreó, three; akin to D. derde third, G.
dritte, Icel. þriði, Goth. þridja, L.
tertius, Gr. tri`tos, Skr. t&rsdot;tīya. See
Three, and cf. Riding a jurisdiction, Tierce.]
1. Next after the second; coming after two others; --
the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day. "The
third night." Chaucer.
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 état. 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.
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.
Third (th&etilde;rd), a. [OE. thirde,
AS. þridda, fr. þrī,
þreó, three; akin to D. derde third, G.
dritte, Icel. þriði, Goth. þridja, L.
tertius, Gr. tri`tos, Skr. t&rsdot;tīya. See
Three, and cf. Riding a jurisdiction, Tierce.]
1. Next after the second; coming after two others; --
the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day. "The
third night." Chaucer.
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 état. 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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Coming after the second; the ordinal form of the number three.
The third tree from the left is my favorite.
- (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the third position.
Jones came in third.
- One of three equal parts of a whole.
He ate a third of the pie.
- (not used in the plural) The third gear of an engine.
Now put it into third.
- (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
- (baseball) third base
The play ended with Jones standing on third.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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