Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (a.) Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five. 2. (a.) Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing. 3. (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part. 4. (n.) The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key.
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