TWELFTH

a. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Next in order after the eleventh; coming after eleven others; -- the ordinal of twelve.

2.
a.

Consisting, or being one of, twelve equal parts into which anything is divided.

3.
n.

The quotient of a unit divided by twelve; one of twelve equal parts of one whole.

4.
n.

The next in order after the eleventh.

5.
n.

An interval comprising an octave and a fifth.


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