third

adj 1: coming next after the second and just before the fourth in

position [syn: {3rd}, {tertiary}]

2: being one of three equal parts; "a third share of the money"

[syn: {third(a)}]

n 1: one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains

approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"

[syn: {one-third}, {tierce}]

2: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who

is stationed near 3rd base; "he is playing third" [syn: {third

base}]

3: following the second position in an ordering or series: "a

distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly,

the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"

4: the musical interval between one note and another three

notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major

thirds"

5: the third from the lowest forward ratio in the gear box of a

motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear"

[syn: {third gear}]

6: the base that must be touched third by a base runner in

baseball; "he was cut down in a close play at third" [syn:

{third base}]

adv : in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment"

[syn: {thirdly}]