Third
Third (thẽrd) , adjective
[Old English thirde, Anglo-Saxon þridda, from þrī, þreó, three; akin to Dutch derde third, German dritte, Icelandic þriei, Gothic þridja, Latin tertius, Greek tri`tos, Sanskrit trtīya. See Three, and compare Riding a jurisdiction, Tierce.]
1.
Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.
The third night.
2.
Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
Collocations (4)
Third estate , (a) In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons. (b) In France, the tiers état.
Third order (Roman Catholic Church) , an order attached to a monastic order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if they remain seculars, and by more solemn vows if they become regulars. See Tertiary, n., 1.
Third , noun
1.
The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
2.
The sixtieth part of a second of time.
3.
(Music) The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
4.
(Law) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.
Collocations (2)
Major third (Music) , an interval of two tones.
Minor third (Music) , an interval of a tone and a half.