DICTOMETER

TREDJEDEL (Norwegian for "third")

(third, tercero, tercio)

1. Synonyms:
   • One-third
   • Third
   • Tierce
   Definitions:
   • one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
   Examples:
   • It contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Third base
   • Third
   Definitions:
   • the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
   Examples:
   • He is playing third
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Third
   Definitions:
   • following the second position in an ordering or series
   Examples:
   • A distant third
   • He answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Third
   Definitions:
   • the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
   Examples:
   • A simple harmony written in major thirds
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Third gear
   • Third
   Definitions:
   • the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
   Examples:
   • You shouldn't try to start in third gear
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Third base
   • Third
   Definitions:
   • the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
   Examples:
   • He was cut down on a close play at third
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Third
   • 3rd
   • Tertiary
   Definitions:
   • coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
   Antonyms:
   • Cardinal
   
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Third
   • Thirdly
   Definitions:
   • in the third place
   Examples:
   • Third we must consider unemployment