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4TH
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude
Example:
the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present
Synonyms:
4th; fourth; quaternary
Classified under:
Similar:
ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)
Context examples:
Polyunsaturated fatty acid with 16 carbons and 3 double bonds at the 4th, 7th, and 10th carbons from the methyl end.
(Hexadecatrienoic Acid n-4, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
Polyunsaturated fatty acid with 16 carbons and 4 double bonds at the 4th, 7th, 10th, and 13th carbons from the methyl end.
(Hexadecatetraenoic Acid n-4, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with a 16-carbon backbone and 4 double bonds, originating from the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th positions from the methyl end.
(Hexadecatetraenoic Acid n-1, NCI Thesaurus)
Polyunsaturated fatty acid with 16 carbons and 4 double bonds at the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th carbons from the methyl end.
(Hexadecatetraenoic Acid n-1, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with a 16-carbon backbone and 4 double bonds, originating from the 4th, 8th, 10th and 14th positions from the methyl end.
(Hexadecatetraenoic Acid n-4, NCI Thesaurus)
4th, As he walks the said roads, he shall take the utmost care not to trample upon the bodies of any of our loving subjects, their horses, or carriages, nor take any of our subjects into his hands without their own consent.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
The 4th cranial nerve.
(Murine Trochlear Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
An electrocardiogram (ECG) lead placement whereby the X+ lead is placed at the right mid-axillary line at the 4th intercostal space, X- at the left mid-axillary line at the 4th intercostal space, Y+ at the proximal left leg, Y- at the superior aspect of the manubrium, Z+ at the direct posterior to Z- and Z- at the 4th intercostal space at the left sternal margin.
(Lead Placement Bipolar Uncorrected XYZ, NCI Thesaurus)
‘You crossed my path on the 4th of January,’ said he.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was headed, “March, 1869,” and beneath were the following enigmatical notices: 4th. Hudson came. Same old platform. 7th. Set the pips on McCauley, Paramore, and John Swain of St. Augustine. 9th. McCauley cleared. 10th. John Swain cleared. 12th. Visited Paramore. All well.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
