Category:Seventeenth

Sev"en*teenth`, a. Etym: [from seventeen: cf. As. seofonteóedha, Seofonteogeedha.]

1. Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others. In. . . the seventeenth day of the month. . . were all the Fountains of the great deep broken up. Gen. vii. 11.

2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which Anything is divided.

Seventeenth Sev"en*teenth`, n.

1. The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen Others.

2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen Equal parts or divisions of one whole.

3. (mus.)

Defn: an interval of two octaves and a third.