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fourths

noun

Meaning

  1. (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the fourth position.
  2. (chiefly American) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
  3. (not used in the plural) The fourth gear of an engine.
  4. A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).

Etymology / origin

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Related words

quaternary(English)4th(English)one-fourth(English)quartern(English)quarter(English)ordinal(English)fourth part(English)twenty-five percent(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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