fifths in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.fifth [Brit fɪfθ, Am fɪ(f)θ] N

II.fifth [Brit fɪfθ, Am fɪ(f)θ] ADJ

III.fifth [Brit fɪfθ, Am fɪ(f)θ] ADV

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three fifths of the cake

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The body enters into the formation of the acetabulum, of which it forms rather less than two-fifths.
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All-fifths tuning is based on the perfect fifth (the interval with seven semitones), and all-fourths tuning is based on the perfect fourth (five semitones).
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You can also claim back about two-fifths of the cost of nursing home fees - if you pay tax at the higher rate of income tax.
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As compared with 31-et, 34-et reduces the combined mistuning from the theoretically ideal just thirds, fifths and sixths from 11.9 to 7.9 cents.
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It causes contact dermatitis an immune-mediated skin inflammation in four-fifths of humans.
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The double bass is the only modern bowed string instrument that is tuned in fourths (like a viol), rather than fifths.
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This became known as quartal harmony for chords based on fourths and quintal harmony for chords based on fifths.
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In scordatura, one imagines that one is playing a violin (or in some cases a viola, where alto clef is used) tuned in the normal fifths.
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At the time, the college was in debt $18,000 and could not meet more than three-fifths of its current expenses.
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The courses are tuned in a succession of perfect fifths, and plucked with a plectrum (pick).
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