twelfth
[ twelfth ]
/ twɛlfθ /
adjective
next after the eleventh; being the ordinal number for 12.
being one of 12 equal parts.
noun
a twelfth part, especially of one (1/12).
the twelfth member of a series.
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twelfth
/ (twɛlfθ) /
adjective
(usually prenominal)
- coming after the eleventh in number or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of twelve: often written 12th
- (as noun)the twelfth of the month
noun
- one of 12 equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
- (as modifier)a twelfth part
the fraction equal to one divided by 12 (1/12)
music
- an interval of one octave plus a fifth
- one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other
- an organ stop sounding a note one octave and a fifth higher than that normally produced by the key depressed
Word Origin for twelfth
from Old English twelfta
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