4TH

 Dictionary entry overview: What does 4th mean? 

• 4TH (adjective)
  The adjective 4TH has 1 sense:

1. coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude

  Familiarity information: 4TH used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• 4TH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude

Synonyms:

4th; fourth; quaternary

Context example:

the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present

Similar:

ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)

 Context examples 

A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with a 16-carbon backbone and double bonds originating from the 4th position and either the 6th or 7th positions from the methyl end.

(Hexadecadienoic Acid n-4, NCI Thesaurus)

The 5- and 10-year survival rates of malignant hemangiopericytomas have been reported to be 40% and 29% respectively (partially adapted from S. Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 4th ed., 2004).

(Hemangiopericytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A V1-type lead is used whose positive electrode is localized in the 4th intercostal space, 2.5cm from the sternum.

(Lead Placement Pseudo Orthogonal XYZ, NCI Thesaurus)

A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with an 18-carbon backbone and double bonds originating from the 4th position and either the 7th position or the 8th position from the methyl end.

(Octadecadienoic Acid n-4, NCI Thesaurus)

Polyunsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbons and 2 double bonds at the 4th and 7th carbons from the methyl end.

(Octadecadienoic Acid n-4, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

The 4th edition was published in 1994.

(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, NCI Thesaurus)

Polyunsaturated fatty acid with 16 carbons and 2 double bonds at the 4th and 7th carbons from the methyl end.

(Hexadecadienoic Acid n-4, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

At his advice, on the afternoon of the 4th we set off together, with the intention of crossing the hills and spending the night at the hamlet of Rosenlaui.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A change in or difference between; usually represented by the 4th letter of the greek alphabet.

(Delta, NCI Thesaurus)

“‘Oct. 4th, rooms 8s., breakfast 2s. 6d., cocktail 1s., lunch 2s. 6d., glass sherry, 8d.’ I see nothing in that.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)