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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOURTH, a. The ordinal of four; the next after the third.
FOURTH, n. In music, an interval composed of two tones and a semitone. Three full tones compose a triton, or fourth redundant.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude; "the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present" [syn: fourth, 4th, quaternary] n
1: following the third position; number four in a countable series
2: one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" [syn: one- fourth, fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern]
3: the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it adv
1: in the fourth place; "fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month" [syn: fourthly, fourth]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural fourths) Date: before 12th century 1. — see number table 2. a. a musical interval embracing four tones of the diatonic scale b. a tone at this interval; specifically subdominant 1 c. the harmonic combination of two tones a fourth apart 3. the fourth forward gear or speed of a motor vehicle 4. capitalized Independence Day — used with the • fourth adjective or adverb • fourthly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 4 in the sequence 1-4. 2 something occupying this position. 3 the fourth person etc. in a race or competition. 4 each of four equal parts of a thing; a quarter. 5 the fourth (and often highest) in a sequence of gears. 6 Mus. a an interval or chord spanning four consecutive notes in the diatonic scale (e.g. C to F). b a note separated from another by this interval. --adj. that is the fourth. Phrases and idioms: fourth dimension 1 a postulated dimension additional to those determining area and volume. 2 time regarded as equivalent to linear dimensions. fourth estate joc. the press; journalism. Derivatives: fourthly adv. Etymology: OE feortha, feowertha f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fourth Fourth, a. [OE. fourthe, ferthe, feorthe, AS. fe['o]r[eth]a, fr. fe['o]wer four.] 1. Next in order after the third; the ordinal of four. 2. Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fourth Fourth, n. 1. One of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four; one coming next in order after the third. 2. (Mus.) The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key. The Fourth, specifically, in the United States, the fourth day of July, the anniversary of the declaration of American independence; as, to celebrate the Fourth.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fourths) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The fourth item in a series is the one that you count as number four. Last year's winner Greg Lemond of the United States is in fourth place. ORD 2. A fourth is one of four equal parts of something. (AM; in BRIT, use quarter) Three-fourths of the public say they favor a national referendum on the issue. FRACTION

Moby Thesaurus

consecutive intervals, degree, diapason, diatessaron, diatonic interval, diatonic semitone, enharmonic diesis, enharmonic interval, farthing, fifth, fourth part, half step, halftone, interval, less semitone, melodic interval, note, octave, one-fourth, parallel octaves, quart, quarter, quartern, quarto, second, semitone, seventh, sixth, step, third, tone, twenty-five cents, twenty-five percent, two bits, unison interval, whole step