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English Dictionary: fourth	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fourth adv in the fourth place; "fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month" Synonym(s): fourthly, fourth adj 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" Synonym(s): fourth, 4th, quaternary n following the third position; number four in a countable series one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" Synonym(s): one- fourth, fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fourth \Fourth\, a. [OE. fourthe, ferthe, feorthe, AS. fe[a2]r[edh]a, fr. fe[a2]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.