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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Third \Third\, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three
equal parts into which anything is divided.
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2. The sixtieth part of a second of time.
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3. (Mus.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
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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.
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Major third (Mus.), an interval of two tones.

Minor third (Mus.), an interval of a tone and a half.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Third \Third\ (th[~e]rd), a. [OE. thirde, AS. [thorn]ridda, fr.
[thorn]r[imac], [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[imac]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.
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2. Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which
anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
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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.
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WordNet 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 gear 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 on a close play at third" [syn:
third base]
adv : in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment"
[syn: thirdly]

Moby Dictionary
consecutive intervals , degree , diapason , diatessaron ,
diatonic interval , diatonic semitone , divide in thirds ,
enharmonic diesis , enharmonic interval , fifth , fourth , half step ,
halftone , interval , irregular , less semitone , melodic interval ,
note , octave , parallel octaves , schlock , schmatte , second ,
semitone , seventh , sixth , step , tertiary , tierce , tone ,
trichotomize , trifurcate , unison interval , whole step