third

1. a. Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day. Source: opted

2. a. Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day. Source: opted

3. n. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided. Source: opted

4. n. The sixtieth part of a second of time. Source: opted

5. n. The third tone of the scale; the mediant. Source: opted

6. n. The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life. Source: opted

7. adj. coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position Source: wordnet

8. n. one of three equal parts of a divisible whole Source: wordnet

9. n. 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) Source: wordnet

10. n. following the second position in an ordering or series Source: wordnet

11. n. the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it Source: wordnet

12. n. the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle Source: wordnet

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