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FIFTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fifth" is a kind of...):
interval; musical interval (the difference in pitch between two notes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("fifth" is a kind of...):
United States liquid unit (a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System)
Sense 3
Meaning:
One part in five equal parts
Synonyms:
fifth; fifth part; one-fifth; twenty percent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("fifth" is a kind of...):
common fraction; simple fraction (the quotient of two integers)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Position five in a countable series of things
Example:
he was fifth out of several hundred runners
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("fifth" is a kind of...):
rank (relative status)
Derivation:
fifth (coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position
Synonyms:
5th; fifth
Classified under:
Similar:
ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)
Derivation:
fifth (position five in a countable series of things)
Context examples:
By contrast, one-fifth of the experiments that lasted under 10 years picked up species changes.
(Environmental change is triggering an identity switch in grasslands, National Science Foundation)
One of the three pairs in the fifth group (or group E) of human chromosomes according to the current classification for humans.
(Chromosome 16, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A plane joint between the fifth metacarpal and the pisiform.
(Carpometacarpal Joint 5, NCI Thesaurus)
It is caused by the ineffective or decreased biosynthesis of the fifth complement component, C5.
(C5 Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)
The designation for each member of the fifth largest human autosomal chromosome pair.
(Chromosome 5, NCI Thesaurus)
A condyloid synovial joint within the fifth digit of the hand or foot connecting the middle and distal phalanges.
(Distal Interphalangeal Joint 5, NCI Thesaurus)
Spontaneous autoamputation of a digit, usually the fifth toe.
(Ainhum, NCI Thesaurus)
Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A - The number of words recalled from List A, fifth attempt.
(ADNI AVLT - List A Recall 5 Total, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
This year promises to be the fifth.
(South Pole is last place on Earth to pass global warming milestone, NOAA)
The cells formed tumors that grew to a diameter of one-fifth of an inch or more.
(Gut microbes may affect cancer treatment, NIH)
