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eighth


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Eighth  \Eighth\,  a.  [AS.  eahto?a.] 
  1.  Next  in  order  after  the  seventh 
 
  2.  Consisting  of  one  of  eight  equal  divisions  of  a  thing 
 
  {Eighth  note}  (Mus.),  the  eighth  part  of  a  whole  note,  or 
  semibreve;  a  quaver. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Eighth  \Eighth\,  n. 
  1.  The  quotient  of  a  unit  divided  by  eight  one  of  eight 
  equal  parts  an  eighth  part 
 
  2.  (Mus.)  The  interval  of  an  octave. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  eighth 
  adj  :  coming  next  after  the  seventh  and  just  before  the  ninth  in 
  position  [syn:  {8th}] 
  n  1:  position  eight  in  a  countable  series  of  things 
  2:  an  eighth  part  [syn:  {one-eighth}] 




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