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English Dictionary: fifth by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fifth
adj
  1. coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position
    Synonym(s): fifth, 5th
n
  1. a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
  2. position five in a countable series of things; "he was fifth out of several hundred runners"
  3. one part in five equal parts
    Synonym(s): one-fifth, fifth, fifth part, twenty percent
  4. the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fifth \Fifth\, n.
      1. The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal
            parts; a fifth part.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fifth \Fifth\, a. [OE. fifte, fifthe, AS. f[c6]fta. See {Five}.]
      1. Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five.
  
      2. Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing.
  
      {Fifth monarchy men} (Hist.), a fanatical sect in England, of
            the time of the commonwealth, who maintained that there
            would be a fifth universal monarchy, during which Christ
            would reign on earth a thousand years.
  
      {Fifth wheel}, a horizontal wheel or segment above the fore
            axle of a carriage and beneath the body, forming an
            extended support to prevent careening.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Fifth
  
      An enhanced version of FORTH.   M.S. Dissertation, Cliff Click
      , Texas A&M, 1985.   Available from the
      Software Construction Co, (409)696-5432.
  
  
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