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3RD

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

Synonyms:

3rd; tertiary; third

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)

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 Context examples: 

When it occurs in children it is commonly referred to as rickets. (Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 3rd ed.) —2003

(Osteomalacia, NCI Thesaurus)

A class of dietary fatty acids with the first double bond at the 3rd carbon from the methyl end.

(Omega-3 fatty acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Polyunsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbons and 2 double bonds at the 3rd and 6th carbons from the methyl end.

(Octadecadienoic Acid n-3, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Any fatty acid that contains an unsaturated bond originating from the 3rd carbon from the methyl end.

(Omega-3 fatty acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Polyunsaturated fatty acid with 20 carbons and 4 double bonds at the 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th carbons from the methyl end.

(Eicosatetraenoic Acid n-3, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with a 20-carbon backbone and 3 double bonds, originating from the 3rd, 6th and 9th positions from the methyl end.

(Eicosatrienoic Acid n-3, NCI Thesaurus)

It can be associated with the overproduction of glucocorticoids (Cushing's syndrome), androgenic or estrogenic steroids (adrenogenital syndrome), or mineralocorticoids (Conn's syndrome). (Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 3rd ed.) — 2003

(Adrenal Gland Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The 3rd edition was published in 1980.

(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd Edition, NCI Thesaurus)

It was on the 3rd of May that we reached the little village of Meiringen, where we put up at the Englischer Hof, then kept by Peter Steiler the elder.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Polyunsaturated fatty acid with 22 carbons and 4 double bonds at the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th carbons from the methyl end.

(Docosatetraenoic Acid n-3, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)