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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Twelfth

/(twĕlfth)/ · IPA /twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ]/
01 a. Next in order after the eleventh; coming after eleven others; -- the ordinal of twelve.
  1. 1.
    Next in order after the eleventh; coming after eleven others; -- the ordinal of twelve.
  2. 2.
    Constituting, or being one of, twelve equal parts into which anything is divided.
02 n. The quotient of a unit divided by twelve; one of twelve equal parts of one whole.
  1. 1.
    The quotient of a unit divided by twelve; one of twelve equal parts of one whole.
  2. 2.
    The next in order after the eleventh.
  3. 3.
    An interval comprising an octave and a fifth.(Mus.)