third

Definitions

1. 1adjective

   Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.

2. 2adjective

   Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.

3. 3noun

   The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.

4. 4noun

   The sixtieth part of a second of time.

5. 5noun

   The third tone of the scale; the mediant.

6. 6noun

   The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.

7. 7noun

   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"

8. 8noun

   the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball

   "he was cut down on a close play at third"

9. 9noun

   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"

10. 10noun

    the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it

    "a simple harmony written in major thirds"

11. 11noun

    one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

    "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"

    Synonyms

    tierce
12. 12noun

    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"

13. 13adjective

    coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

    Synonyms

    tertiary
14. 14adverb

    in the third place

    "third we must consider unemployment"

    Synonyms

    thirdly