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• ThirdDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The sixtieth part of a second of time.
2. (a.) Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.
3. (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
4. (a.) Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
5. (n.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
6. (n.) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.

• ThirdingsDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n. pl.) The third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenants death, due to the lord for a heriot, as within the manor of Turfat in Herefordshire.

• Third-rail systemDefinition & Meaning in English

1. () A system in which a third rail is used for carrying the current for operating the motors, the rail being insulated from the ground and the current being taken off by means of contact brushes or other devices.