meaning of fifth
1. Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five.
2. Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing.
3. The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.
4. The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key.
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