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Definition of: twelfth
(twelfth) adjective
1. Second in order after the tenth: the ordinal of twelve.
2. Being one of twelve equal parts.
—noun
1. One of twelve equal parts; the quotient obtained by dividing by twelve.
2. Music An interval compounded of an octave and a fifth. [OE twelfta]
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