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English Dictionary: seventh by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seventh
adj
  1. coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position
    Synonym(s): seventh, 7th
n
  1. position seven in a countable series of things
  2. one part in seven equal parts
    Synonym(s): one-seventh, seventh
  3. the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Seventh \Sev"enth\, n.
      1. One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six
            others.
  
      2. The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven
            equal parts into which anything is divided.
  
      3. (Mus.)
            (a) An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the
                  scale.
            (b) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh
                  whether major, minor, or diminished.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Seventh \Sev"enth\, a. [From {Seven}: cf. AS. seofo[edh]a.]
      1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.
  
                     On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had
                     made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his
                     work which he had made.                     --Gen. ii. 2.
  
      2. Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which
            anything is divided; as, the seventh part.
  
      {Seventh day}, the seventh day of the week; Saturday.
  
      {Seventh-day Baptists}. See under {Baptist}.
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