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sev•enth

Pronunciation: (sev'unth), [key]
—adj.
1. next after the sixth; being the ordinal number for seven.
2. being one of seven equal parts.

—n.
1. a seventh part, esp. of one (¹/7).
2. the seventh member of a series.
3. Music.
a. a tone on the seventh degree from a given tone (counted as the first).
b. the interval between such tones.
c. the harmonic combination of such tones.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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