seventh Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun position seven in a countable series of things
  2. noun one part in seven equal parts
    one-seventh.
  3. noun the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it
  4. adjective satellite coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position
    7th.

WordNet

Sev"enth adjective
Etymology
From Seven: cf. AS. seofo&edh;a.
Definitions
  1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.
    On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. Gen. ii. 2.
  2. Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part.
Sev"enth noun
Definitions
  1. One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.
  2. The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided.
  3. (Mus.) (a) An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale. (b) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished.

Webster 1913