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Numbers

* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a
fraction A fraction (from la, fractus, "broken") represents a part of a whole or, more generally, any number of equal parts. When spoken in everyday English, a fraction describes how many parts of a certain size there are, for example, one-half, eight ...
of one third * 160 of a ''second'', or 13600 of a ''minute''


Places

* 3rd Street (disambiguation) * Third Avenue (disambiguation) *
Highway 3 The following highways are numbered 3, H-3, PRI-3, AH3, E03 and R3. For roads numbered A3, see A3 roads. For roads numbered M3, see M3. For roads numbered N3, see N3. For roads numbered 3A, see 3A. International * Asian Highway 3 * Europea ...


Music


Music theory

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Interval number In music theory, an interval is a difference in pitch between two sounds. An interval may be described as horizontal, linear, or melodic if it refers to successively sounding tones, such as two adjacent pitches in a melody, and vertical or ha ...
of three in a musical interval **
major third In classical music, a third is a musical interval encompassing three staff positions (see Interval number for more details), and the major third () is a third spanning four semitones. Forte, Allen (1979). ''Tonal Harmony in Concept and Pr ...
, a third spanning four semitones **
minor third In music theory, a minor third is a musical interval that encompasses three half steps, or semitones. Staff notation represents the minor third as encompassing three staff positions (see: interval number). The minor third is one of two common ...
, a third encompassing three half steps, or semitones **
neutral third A neutral third is a musical interval wider than a minor third but narrower than a major third , named by Jan Pieter Land in 1880. Land makes reference to the neutral third attributed to Zalzal (8th c.), described by Al-Farabi (10th c.) as c ...
, wider than a minor third but narrower than a major third **
augmented third In classical music from Western culture, an augmented third () is an interval of five semitones. It may be produced by widening a major third by a chromatic semitone.Benward & Saker (2003). ''Music: In Theory and Practice, Vol. I'', p.54. . For ...
, an interval of five semitones **
diminished third In classical music from Western culture, a diminished third () is the musical interval produced by narrowing a minor third by a chromatic semitone.Benward & Saker (2003). ''Music: In Theory and Practice, Vol. I'', p.54. . For instance, the inte ...
, produced by narrowing a minor third by a chromatic semitone *
Third (chord) In music, the third factor of a chord is the note or pitch two scale degrees above the root or tonal center. When the third is the bass note, or lowest note, of the expressed triad, the chord is in first inversion. Use Conventionally, the ...
, chord member a third above the root *
Degree (music) In music theory, the scale degree is the position of a particular note on a scale relative to the tonic, the first and main note of the scale from which each octave is assumed to begin. Degrees are useful for indicating the size of intervals an ...
, three away from tonic **
mediant In music, the mediant (''Latin'': to be in the middle) is the third scale degree () of a diatonic scale, being the note halfway between the tonic and the dominant.Benward & Saker (2003), p.32. In the movable do solfège system, the mediant note i ...
, third degree of the diatonic scale **
submediant In music, the submediant is the sixth degree () of a diatonic scale. The submediant ("lower mediant") is named thus because it is halfway between tonic and subdominant ("lower dominant") or because its position below the tonic is symmetrical to ...
, sixth degree of the diatonic scale – three steps below the tonic **
chromatic mediant In music, chromatic mediants are "altered mediant and submediant chords." A chromatic mediant relationship defined conservatively is a relationship between two sections and/or chords whose roots are related by a major third or minor third, and ...
, chromatic relationship by thirds *
Ladder of thirds A modal frame in music is "a number of types permeating and unifying African, European, and American song" and melody., quoted in Richard Middleton (1990/2002). ''Studying Popular Music'', p. 203. Philadelphia: Open University Press. . It may a ...
, similar to the circle of fifths


Albums

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Third/Sister Lovers ''Third'' (reissued in 1985 as ''Third/Sister Lovers'') is the third album by American rock band Big Star. Sessions started at Ardent Studios in September 1974. Though Ardent created promotional, white-label test pressings for the record in 1975 ...
'', a 1974 album by Big Star first released in 1978 * ''Third'' (Soft Machine album), 1970 * ''Third'' (Portishead album), 2008 * ''Third'' (Cait Brennan album), a 2017 album by Cait Brennan * ''3rd'' (The Rasmus EP), 1996 * ''3rd'' (The Baseball Project album), released by The Baseball Project in 2014 * ''Thirds'' (album), a 1971 album by the James Gang


Other uses

* ''Third'' (play), a 2005 work by Wendy Wasserstein *
Third (curling) In curling, a third (alternatively, vice, vice-skip or mate) is the team member who delivers the second-to-last pair of a team's stones in an end. The third is in charge of calling, strategy and directing the sweepers when the skip is delivering ...
, a curling position *Thirds, third-born children in the 1985 novel ''
Ender's Game ''Ender's Game'' is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date in Earth's future, the novel presents an imperiled humankind after two conflicts with an insectoid alien species they dub ...
'' *''Thirds'', a 2007 play by
Jacob M. Appel Jacob M. Appel (born February 21, 1973) is an American author, poet, bioethicist, physician, lawyer and social critic.Nagamatsu, Sequoia "A Few Words with the Ubiquitous Jacob M. Appel" ''Prince Mincer'' Journal http://primemincer.com/ confirmed ...
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Third World The term "Third World" arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO or the Warsaw Pact. The United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Western European nations and their allies represented the "First W ...
, economically underdeveloped nations *
Third-class degree The British undergraduate degree classification system is a grading structure for undergraduate degrees or bachelor's degrees and integrated master's degrees in the United Kingdom. The system has been applied (sometimes with significant variati ...
, a type of British undergraduate degree classification *
Third (angle) A degree (in full, a degree of arc, arc degree, or arcdegree), usually denoted by ° (the degree symbol), is a measurement of a plane angle in which one full rotation is 360 degrees. It is not an SI unit—the SI unit of angular measure is th ...
, in astronomy and cartography, fraction of a degree *
Richard Third Richard Henry McPhail Third (29 September 19275 May 2016) was an Anglican bishop in the Church of England. Education Third was educated at Reigate Grammar School, and then Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he gained a Master of Arts degree, bef ...
(1927–2016), Anglican bishop in the Church of England * Third Beach, located at Ferguson Point in Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia * Third Brook, flows into West Brook by Walton, New York * Third Name, Odin, All Father


See also

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1/3 (disambiguation) 1/3 or may refer to: Dates *January 3 (month-day date notation) *1 March (day-month date notation) *January of the year 3 AD (month-year date notation) *March of the year 1 AD (year-month date notation) Other uses *, a fraction of one third, o ...
* Salvador Rodil III *
3 (disambiguation) 3 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 3, three, or III may also refer to: * AD 3, the third year of the AD era * 3 BC, the third year before the AD era * March, the third month Books * '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...
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III (disambiguation) III or iii may refer to: Companies * Information International, Inc., a computer technology company * Innovative Interfaces, Inc., a library-software company * 3i, formerly Investors in Industry, a British investment company Other uses * In ...
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Number Three (disambiguation) Number Three may refer to: *No. 3, a 1997 South Korean gangster comedy film *'' Nº3'', an album by Dot Hacker * Number Three (Battlestar Galactica), a character from the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series *3 (number), a number ...
* The Third (disambiguation) *
Third party (disambiguation) Third party may refer to: Business * Third-party source, a supplier company not owned by the buyer or seller * Third-party beneficiary, a person who could sue on a contract, despite not being an active party * Third-party insurance, such as a Veh ...
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Third person (disambiguation) Third person, or third-person, may refer to: * Third person (grammar), a point of view (in English, ''he'', ''she'', ''it'', and ''they'') ** Illeism, the act of referring to oneself in the third person * Third-person narrative, a perspective in ...
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The Third Album (disambiguation) The Third Album may refer to: * ''The Third Album'' (Barbra Streisand album), 1964 * ''The Third Album'' (Paul Jabara album), 1979 See also *'' Third Album'', a 1970 album by The Jackson 5 * ''Third Album'' (Shocking Blue album), 1971 *Third (disa ...
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Triad (disambiguation) Triad or triade may refer to: * a group of three Businesses and organisations * Triad (American fraternities), certain historic groupings of seminal college fraternities in North America * Triad (organized crime), a Chinese transnational orga ...
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Third Fleet (disambiguation) The name Third Fleet or 3rd fleet can refer to: * Third Fleet (United Kingdom) * United States Third Fleet * Third Fleet (Australia), part of the British effort of the late eighteenth century to colonise Australia * IJN 3rd Fleet, Imperial Japanese ...
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