twelfth

noun

The ordinal number matching the number 12 in a series.

noun

One of 12 equal parts.

Next in order after the eleventh: an ordinal numeral.

Being one of twelve equal parts into which a whole is regarded as divided.

noun

One of twelve equal parts of anything; the quotient of unity divided by twelve.

noun

In early English law, a twelfth of the rents of the year, or of movables, or both, granted or levied by way of tax.

noun

In music, a tone twelve diatonic degrees above or below a given tone, or the interval between two such tones; a compound fifth.

noun

In organ-building, a stop giving tones a twelfth above the normal pitch of the digitals used.

noun

Twelfth-day.

adjective

Next in order after the eleventh; coming after eleven others; — the ordinal of twelve.