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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Third  \Third\,  n. 
  1.  The  quotient  of  a  unit  divided  by  three  one  of  three 
  equal  parts  into  which  anything  is  divided. 
 
  2.  The  sixtieth  part  of  a  second  of  time. 
 
  3.  (Mus.)  The  third  tone  of  the  scale;  the  mediant. 
 
  4.  pl  (Law)  The  third  part  of  the  estate  of  a  deceased 
  husband,  which  by  some  local  laws,  the  widow  is  entitled 
  to  enjoy  during  her  life. 
 
  {Major  third}  (Mus.),  an  interval  of  two  tones. 
 
  {Minor  third}  (Mus.),  an  interval  of  a  tone  and  a  half. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Third  \Third\  (th[~e]rd),  a.  [OE.  thirde,  AS  [thorn]ridda,  fr 
  [thorn]r[=i],  [thorn]re['o],  three  akin  to  D.  derde  third 
  G.  dritte  Icel.  [thorn]ri[eth]i,  Goth.  [thorn]ridja,  L. 
  tertius,  Gr  tri`tos,  Skr.  t[.r]t[=i]ya.  See  {Three},  and  cf 
  {Riding}  a  jurisdiction,  {Tierce}.] 
  1.  Next  after  the  second  coming  after  two  others  --  the 
  ordinal  of  three  as  the  third  hour  in  the  day  ``The 
  third  night.''  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  Constituting  or  being  one  of  three  equal  parts  into  which 
  anything  is  divided;  as  the  third  part  of  a  day 
 
  {Third  estate}. 
  a  In  England,  the  commons,  or  the  commonalty,  who  are 
  represented  in  Parliament  by  the  House  of  Commons. 
  b  In  France,  the  tiers  ['e]tat.  See  {Tiers  ['e]tat}. 
 
  {Third  order}  (R.  C.  Ch.),  an  order  attached  to  a  monastic 
  order  and  comprising  men  and  women  devoted  to  a  rule  of 
  pious  living,  called  the  third  rule  by  a  simple  vow  if 
  they  remain  seculars,  and  by  more  solemn  vows  if  they 
  become  regulars.  See  {Tertiary},  n.,  1. 
 
  {Third  person}  (Gram.),  the  person  spoken  of  See  {Person}, 
  n.,  7. 
 
  {Third  sound}.  (Mus.)  See  {Third},  n.,  3. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  third 
  adj  1:  coming  next  after  the  second  and  just  before  the  fourth  in 
  position  [syn:  {3rd},  {tertiary}] 
  2:  being  one  of  three  equal  parts  "a  third  share  of  the  money" 
  [syn:  {third(a)}] 
  n  1:  one  of  three  equal  parts  of  a  divisible  whole;  "it  contains 
  approximately  a  third  of  the  minimum  daily  requirement" 
  [syn:  {one-third},  {tierce}] 
  2:  the  fielding  position  of  the  player  on  a  baseball  team  who 
  is  stationed  near  3rd  base;  "he  is  playing  third"  [syn:  {third 
  base}] 
  3:  following  the  second  position  in  an  ordering  or  series:  "a 
  distant  third";  "he  answered  the  first  question  willingly, 
  the  second  reluctantly,  and  the  third  with  resentment" 
  4:  the  musical  interval  between  one  note  and  another  three 
  notes  away  from  it  "a  simple  harmony  written  in  major 
  thirds" 
  5:  the  third  from  the  lowest  forward  ratio  in  the  gear  box  of  a 
  motor  vehicle;  "you  shouldn't  try  to  start  in  third  gear" 
  [syn:  {third  gear}] 
  6:  the  base  that  must  be  touched  third  by  a  base  runner  in 
  baseball;  "he  was  cut  down  in  a  close  play  at  third"  [syn: 
  {third  base}] 
  adv  :  in  the  third  place  "third  we  must  consider  unemployment" 
  [syn:  {thirdly}]




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