Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fifth"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fifth \Fifth\, a. [OE. fifte, fifthe, AS. f[=i]fta. See {Five}.]
1. Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five.
2. Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing.
{Fifth monarchy men} (Hist.), a fanatical sect in England, of
the time of the commonwealth, who maintained that there
would be a fifth universal monarchy, during which Christ
would reign on earth a thousand years.
{Fifth wheel}, a horizontal wheel or segment above the fore
axle of a carriage and beneath the body, forming an
extended support to prevent careening.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fifth \Fifth\, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal
parts; a fifth part.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fifth
adj : coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in
position [syn: {5th}]
n 1: a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States
gallon
2: position five in a countable series of things; "he was fifth
out of several hundred runners"
3: a fifth part [syn: {one-fifth}, {fifth part}, {twenty
percent}]
4: the musical interval between one note and another five notes
away from it
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