5TH

 Dictionary entry overview: What does 5th mean? 

• 5TH (adjective)
  The adjective 5TH has 1 sense:

1. coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position

  Familiarity information: 5TH used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• 5TH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position

Synonyms:

5th; fifth

Similar:

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

 Context examples 

The lowest superficial part of the heart which is situated behind the left 5th intercostal space.

(Apex of the Heart, NCI Thesaurus)

Monounsaturated fatty acid with 14 carbons and 1 double bond at the 5th carbon from the methyl end.

(Myristoleic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Pregnancy loss before 5th week of gestation with no gestational sac visible on ultrasonogram.

(Peri-Implantational Loss, NCI Thesaurus)

It was the 5th of November, and a holiday.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

For example, the book entries indicate which arm a given subject, Joe, is assigned to based on the fact that he's the 5th person in stratum group #2.

(Planned Randomization Book Allocation, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A monounsaturated long-chain fatty acid with a 20-carbon backbone and the sole double bond originating from the 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th 12th or 15th positions from the methyl end.

(Eicosenoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

We set out the 5th day of August, 1706, and arrived at Fort St. George the 11th of April, 1707.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with an 18-carbon backbone and 4 double bonds originating from the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th positions from the methyl end.

(Parinaric Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

A monounsaturated medium-chain fatty acid with a 12-carbon backbone and the sole double bond originating from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th or 10th position from the methyl end.

(Dodecenoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

A monounsaturated medium-chain fatty acid with a 12-carbon backbone and a single double bond originating from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th or 10th positions from the methyl end.

(Lauroleic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)