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Meaning of third

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  third
      adv 1: in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment"
             [syn: {third}, {thirdly}]
      adj 1: coming next after the second and just before the fourth
             in position [syn: {third}, {3rd}, {tertiary}]
      n 1: one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains
           approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
           [syn: {one-third}, {third}, {tierce}]
      2: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is
         stationed near the third of the bases in the infield
         (counting counterclockwise from home plate); "he is playing
         third" [syn: {third base}, {third}]
      3: following the second position in an ordering or series; "a
         distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly,
         the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"
      4: the musical interval between one note and another three notes
         away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds"
      5: the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box
         of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third
         gear" [syn: {third gear}, {third}]
      6: the base that must be touched third by a base runner in
         baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third" [syn:
         {third base}, {third}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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