Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (a.) Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others. 2. (a.) Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided. 3. (n.) The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others. 4. (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole. 5. (n.) An interval of two octaves and a third.
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