THIRD MEANING IN SPANISH

Definition & Synonyms

• Third

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.

• Third rail

1. () An electric railway using such a rail.
2. () The third rail used in the third-rail system.