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Definition of Third
Third

Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.

Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.

The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.

The sixtieth part of a second of time.

The third tone of the scale; the mediant.

The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.

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Third Quotations

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
Henry James

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.
Voltaire

I always have trouble remembering three things: faces, names, and - I can't remember what the third thing is.
Fred Allen

I was happy she got it and I have to sort of - and one of the reasons I did Third Watch is because I wanted to break that thing of just being the pretty girl and play it down and let it be about the work.
Nia Long

Third Translations

third in Afrikaans is derde
third in Danish is tredje
third in Dutch is derde
third in Finnish is kolmas
third in German is dritter, dritte, dritte, Dritte, Drittel
third in Italian is terza, terzo, terzo
third in Latin is tertius
third in Norwegian is tredje
third in Portuguese is terceiro
third in Spanish is tercero, tercio
third in Swedish is tredje


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