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Fifth

Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five.

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Ordinal 84% connected

Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc.

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Ordinal 84% connected

Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc.

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Interval 76% connected

A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

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Rank 76% connected

Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.

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Inequality noun · 85% connection

lack of equality; "the growing inequality between rich and poor"

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Position noun · 85% connection

the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained th…

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Status noun · 85% connection

the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained th…

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Distribution noun · 85% connection

(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

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Formal system noun · 85% connection

(logic and mathematics) abstract, theoretical organization of terms and implicit relationships that is used as a tool for the analysis…

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Statistical distribution noun · 85% connection

(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

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Arithmetic mean noun · 85% connection

the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

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Expectation noun · 85% connection

the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

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Expected value noun · 85% connection

the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

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First moment noun · 85% connection

the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

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Frequency distribution noun · 85% connection

a distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable

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Bastardy noun · 84% connection

the status of being born to parents who were not married

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Caste noun · 84% connection

social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"

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Command noun · 84% connection

a position of highest authority; "the corporation has just undergone a change in command"

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Dignity noun · 84% connection

high office or rank or station; "he respected the dignity of the emissaries"

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Disparity noun · 84% connection

inequality or difference in some respect

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Echelon noun · 84% connection

status in a society or organization; "the upper echelon"

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Election noun · 84% connection

the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"

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Baron noun · 78% connection

A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and G…

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Borrow verb · 78% connection

To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure…

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Castle verb · 78% connection

To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of co…

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Colonel noun · 78% connection

The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.

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Composite verb · 78% connection

Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Ital…

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Dimension noun · 78% connection

A literal factor, as numbered in characterizing a term. The term dimensions forms with the cardinal numbers a phrase equivalent to deg…

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Fifteenth adjective · 78% connection

Next in order after the fourteenth; -- the ordinal of fifteen.

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Fiftieth adjective · 78% connection

Next in order after the forty-ninth; -- the ordinal of fifty.

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First adjective · 78% connection

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.

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Fourth adjective · 78% connection

Next in order after the third; the ordinal of four.

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Hemi-demi-semiquaver noun · 78% connection

A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note.

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Lieutenant general unknown · 78% connection

An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.

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