third

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

   “The third tree from the left is my favorite.”

2. isim The person or thing in the third position.

   “Jones came in third.”

3. isim One of three equal parts of a whole.

   “He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.”

4. isim Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox).

   “Now put it into third.”

5. isim An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.

   “They sing in thirds.”

6. isim third base

   “The play ended with Jones standing on third.”

7. isim A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
8. isim A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
9. isim One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system.

   “[…] thirds (sixtieths of seconds), fourths (sixtieths of thirds) and so on, but then it becomes very cumbersome.”

10. fiil To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
11. fiil To divide into three equal parts.