fifth vs quadrant

fifth

noun
  • One of five equal parts of a whole. 

  • The fifth gear of an engine. 

  • A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of a gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter). 

  • The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody. 

  • The musical interval between one note and another seven semitones higher (the fifth note in the major/minor scale) 

  • The person or thing in the fifth position. 

verb
  • To sing in the fifth voice in a polyphonic melody. 

  • To divide by five. 

  • To support something fifth, after four others have already done so. 

adj
  • The ordinal form of the number five. 

quadrant

noun
  • One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines. 

  • One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°. 

  • One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis. 

  • A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude. 

  • One of the four categories of team wins and losses, as categorized by strength of schedule. 

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