| third |
adjective |
Next after the second; coming after two others; — the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day., Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day., The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided., The sixtieth part of a second of time., The third tone of the scale; the mediant., The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life. |