third : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a circle with any radius can be drawn around any point
  

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• adjective satellite the ordinal number of forty-three in counting order
  43rd.
  

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• noun a law stating that the ratio of the square of the revolutionary period (in years) to the cube of the orbital axis (in astronomical units) is the same for all planets
  harmonic law.
  

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• (Mus.), an interval of two tones.
• (Mus.), a third of two steps.

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• (Mus.), an interval of a tone and a half.

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• noun action and reaction are equal and opposite
  Newton's third law of motion; Newton's third law; law of action and reaction.
  

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• noun action and reaction are equal and opposite
  Newton's third law of motion; Newton's third law; law of action and reaction.
  

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• noun one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
  tierce; third.
  
  • it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement

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• noun English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919)
  Lord Rayleigh; John William Strutt; Rayleigh.
  

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• noun the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
  third.
  
  • he was cut down on a close play at third
• noun 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)
  third.
  
  • he is playing third

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• noun (baseball) the person who plays third base
  third baseman.
  

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• noun battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery
  Ypres; battle of Ypres.
  

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• noun mail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates
  third class.
  
• noun inexpensive accommodations on a ship or train
  tourist class.
  

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• noun the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human
  Constantinople.
  

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• noun supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye
  oculomotor; oculomotor nerve; nervus oculomotorius.
  

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• noun a Crusade from 1189 to 1192 led by Richard I and the king of France that failed because an army torn by dissensions and fighting on foreign soil could not succeed against forces united by religious zeal
  

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• noun the deck below the main deck
  lower deck.
  

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• noun interrogation often accompanied by torture to extort information or a confession
  

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• noun the dimension whereby a solid object differs from a two-dimensional drawing of it
  

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• noun the third New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle
  III John.
  

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• noun the common people
  Commons.
  

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• . (a) In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons. (b) In France, the tiers état. See Tiers état.

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• noun a sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles
  pineal eye.
  

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• noun a protective fold of skin in the eyes of reptiles and birds and some mammals
  nictitating membrane.
  

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• noun the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
  third.
  
  • you shouldn't try to start in third gear

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• noun a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
  pressure group; lobby.
  

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• noun the Lateran Council in 1179 that condemned the heresies of the Albigenses and the Waldenses
  

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• noun action and reaction are equal and opposite
  Newton's third law of motion; Newton's third law; law of action and reaction.
  

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• noun law stating that the entropy of a substance approaches zero as its temperature approaches absolute zero
  

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• (R. C. Ch.), an order attached to a monastic order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if they remain seculars, and by more solemn vows if they become regulars. See Tertiary, n., 1.

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• noun someone other than the principals who are involved in a transaction
  
• noun a political party organized in opposition to the major parties in a two-party system
  

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• noun pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur
  

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• (Gram.), the person spoken of. See Person, n., 7.

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• noun the product of three equal terms
  cube.
  

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• noun a rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive
  

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• noun the Nazi dictatorship under Hitler (1933-1945)
  Nazi Germany.
  

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• noun (baseball) the person who plays third base
  third baseman.
  

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• . (Mus.) See Third, n., 3.

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• noun the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
  psalterium; omasum.
  

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• noun a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)
  adenoid; pharyngeal tonsil; Luschka's tonsil; tonsilla adenoidea; tonsilla pharyngealis.
  
  • hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids
  • enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children

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• noun time period extending from the 28th week of gestation until delivery
  

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• noun a narrow ventricle in the midplane below the corpus callosum; communicates with the fourth ventricle via the Sylvian aqueduct
  

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• noun underdeveloped and developing countries of Asia and Africa and Latin America collectively
  

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Third"-bor`ough noun

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1. (O. Eng. Law) An under constable. Shak. Johnson.

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• noun mail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates
  third class.
  

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• noun burn characterized by destruction of both epidermis and dermis
  

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• adjective satellite involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth
  3-dimensional; three-d; three-dimensional.
  
  • lifelike three-dimensional characters
  • a three-dimensional account of conditions under the new government
  • they shot the movie in three-D

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• noun the property of having three dimensions
  three-dimensionality.
  

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Third"-pen`ny noun

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1. (A.S. Law) A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.

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• noun a finish in third place (as in a race)
  

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• adjective satellite of lesser quality than second-rate
  

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• noun one who is third-rate or distinctly inferior
  

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• adjective satellite used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college
  next-to-last; junior.
  
  • the junior class
  • a third-year student

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• adjective satellite the ordinal number of thirty-three in counting order
  33rd.
  

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• adjective satellite coming next after the twenty-second in position
  23rd.
  

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• noun two of three equal parts of a divisible whole
  

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