Twelfth , n.
1. The quotient of a
unit divided by twelve; one of twelve
equal parts of one whole.
2. The next in order
after the eleventh.
3. (Mus.) An interval comprising an octave and a
fifth.
Twelfth (?), a. [For twelft, OE. twelfte, AS. twelfta. See Twelve.]
1. Next in order
after the eleventh; coming after eleven others; -- the ordinal of twelve.
2. Consisting, or being one of,
twelve equal parts into which anything is divided.
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