eighth

[ eytth, eyth ]

adjective
  1. next after the seventh.

  2. being one of eight equal parts.

noun
  1. an eighth part, especially of one (⅛).

  2. the eighth member of a series.

  1. Music. octave.

adverb
  1. in the eighth place; eighthly.

Origin of eighth

1
before 1000; Middle English eightethe,Old English eahtotha; cognate with Old High German ahtoda,Old Norse āttandi,Gothic ahtud-.See eight, -th2

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British Dictionary definitions for eighth

eighth

/ (eɪtθ) /


adjective
  1. (usually prenominal)

    • coming after the seventh and before the ninth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of eight: often written 8th

    • (as noun): the eighth in line

noun
    • one of eight equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc

    • (as modifier): an eighth part

  1. the fraction equal to one divided by eight (1/8)

  1. another word for octave

adverb
  1. Also: eighthly after the seventh person, position, event, etc

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