Twelfth (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

Admin
adjective
  1. next after the eleventh; being the ordinal number for 12.
  2. being one of 12 equal parts.
noun
  1. a twelfth part, especially of one (1/12).
  2. the twelfth member of a series.
adjective
  1. (usually prenominal)
    • coming after the eleventh in number or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of twelve: often written 12th
    • (as noun)
noun
    • one of 12 equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
    • (as modifier)
  2. the fraction equal to one divided by 12 (1/12)
  3. music
    • an interval of one octave plus a fifth
    • one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other
    • an organ stop sounding a note one octave and a fifth higher than that normally produced by the key depressed
Twelfth (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

More Definitions