4th

Definition: 4th

4th

Adjective

1. Coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude; "the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: 4th

Crosswords: 4th

On June 4th, 2638, the starship Scilla landed on the Dark Planet (Dark Planet; writing credit: Buzz Dixon; S.O. Lee)

April the 4th, 1984. To the past, or to the future (Nineteen Eighty-Four; writing credit: Jonathan Gems; George Orwell)

Happy 4th of July Julie (I Know What You Did Last Summer; writing credit: Kevin Williamson)

Kids like you on the 4th of July should be drinking, partying, running over people and getting away with murder (I Know What You Did Last Summer; writing credit: Kevin Williamson)

When we put this thing away, you can brand the 4th amendment on my butt (Face/Off; writing credit: Mike Werb; Michael Colleary)

4th Verse (Beat It; performing artist: Michael Jackson)

In the park 4th of July (Diggin' On You; performing artist: TLC)

4th of July Firecrackers (1943)

October 4th (1925)

The Yacht Race Fleet Following the Committee Boat 'Navigator' Oct. 4th (1901)

Nora's 4th of July (1901)

The 4th Cavalry (1900)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Computer Performance and Dependability Symposium (Ipds 2000): 4th International (reference)

• Dependable Computing Edcc-4: 4th European Dependable Computing Conference, Toulouse, France, October 23-25, 2002: Proceedings (Lecture Notes in comp (reference)

• Database and Expert Systems Applications: 4th International Conference, Dexa '93, Prague, Czech Republic, September 6-8, 1993: Proceedings (Lecture) (reference)

• How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim (How to Win Hour Personal Injury Claim, 4th Ed) (reference)

• Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, 4th Ed. (reference)

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Periodicals

• Dimensions : The Journal Of The 4th Dimension Environment - With Disk (reference)

• Fbs: 3rd & 4th Graders Learner Guide (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Disabled Women : Vision and Voices from the 4th World Conference on Women (reference)

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Music

• Miss Abrams and The Strawberry Point 4th Grade Class (reference)

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High Tech

• Babysitter's Club 4th Grade Learning Adventures (reference)

• 4th Dimension 6.5 Standard Edition (reference)

• 4th Dimension Developer 6.5 (reference)

• Library Of The Future 4th Edition (reference)

• Newton's Quest 4th Grade (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Carey Template 450-20 4th Hinge Add-On Kit (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

PA chest radiograph taken on the 4th day of illness; anthrax. X-ray. Credit: CDC.

Lateral chest radiograph of anthrax, 4th day of illness. X-ray. Credit: CDC.

The 4th of July egg-in-a-spoon race. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Amos Kendall - the 4th Auditor under Andrew Jackson Adversary of Ferdinand Hassler Telegraph entrepreneur in later career. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The San Francisco fire of May 4th, 1850. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 274. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855. Credit: America's Coastlines.

San Francisco after the fire of May 4th, 1850. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 332. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Construction equipment was moved out of the flood plain, after construction completed but before the November 4th flooding event that brought the chum salmon into the system. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. Satellite image of Sapelo Island. Sapelo Island is Georgia's 4th largest barrier island measuring approximately 11X3 miles. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship BOWIE dressed for the 4th of July. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Lock, 1st Combat Camera Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., and Senior Airman Efrain Lopez, 4th Combat Camera Squadron, March AFB, Calif., walk off the flight line after a day of photogrpahing the Keen Sword 03 exercise in Tsuki.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Congress, on the 28th of September, 1787, directed the Constitution so framed, with the resolutions and letter concerning the same, to "be transmitted to the several Legislatures in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each State by the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves of the convention." On the 4th of March, 1789, the day which had been fixed for commencing the operations of Government under the new Constitution, it had been ratified by the conventions chosen in each State to consider it, as follows: Delaware, December 7, 1787; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787; New Jersey, December 18, 1787; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788; South Carolina, May 23, 1788; New Hampshire, June 21, 1788; Virginia, June 25, 1788; and New York, July 26, 1788. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The neural tube is a narrow sheath that folds and closes between the 3rd and 4th weeks of pregnancy to form the brain and spinal cord of the embryo. (references)

For example, the American Drug and Alcohol Survey of children in the 4th through 12th grades indicates that the percentage of children who have ever used inhalants peaks in the 8th grade. (references)

Business

Poland's shipbuilding industry is ranked 4th in the world, with 4% of the world’s market. (references)

This broad recovery continued into 1997 except for agriculture, which saw its productivity decline in the 3rd and 4th quarters. (references)

Among Chinese men, cancer, heart trouble, and respiratory disease will move up in the disease burden scale from 5th, 3rd, and 4th to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively. (references)

Economic History

India

In the 4th and 5th centuries A.D., northern India was unified under the Gupta Dynasty. (references)

Turkmenistan

Alexander the Great conquered the territory in the 4th century B.C. on his way to India. (references)

Spain

The U.S. was the 4th largest waste incinerator exporter to Spain in 1999, after Italy, Germany and France. (references)

Political Economy

Ghana

In December 2000, Ghana had its third multiparty elections since the inauguration of the 4th Republic. (references)

THE BAHAMAS

The results of these incentives has been slow, particularly in view of the devastating fire that destroyed a part of downtown Nassau including the straw market (a favorite tourist shopping site specializing in handicrafts and souvenirs), on September 4th. The tourism industry has also declined significantly as a result of the September 11th terrorist attacks against the United States. (references)

Qatar

A long-running border dispute with Bahrain was settled by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in May 2001. Qatar hosted the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) Conference in 1997, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) in November 2000 and will host the 4th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in November 2001. Opportunities exist for further development of relations in various fields between the U.S. and Qatar. (references)

Trade

Philippines

Cumulatively, the U.S. has won $4 billion in procurement contract awards (rank 4th); and nearly $700 million in consulting contract awards (rank 1st). In 2000, U.S. firms won $138 million in procurement awards, and $57 million in consulting service contracts. (references)

Kazakhstan

For more information on World Bank activities in Kazakhstan, contact: Elena Karaban, Resident Representative, World Bank, 41 Kazybek Bi, Building A, 4th floor, Almaty, Kazakhstan 480100, Tel: 7-(3272)608-580; Fax: 7-(3272)608-581. In Washington, D.C., contact: Charlie Kesterbaum, U.S. Liaison Officer, World Bank, 1776 G St. NW, Washington, DC 20433; Tel: (202) 458-0120; Fax: (202) 477-2967. (references)

Worker Rights

El Salvador

The Labor Code prohibits pregnant women from engaging in strenuous physical exertion at the workplace after the 4th month of pregnancy. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Chinese 

丁 (4th heavenly stem, a Chinese surname), 卯 (4th earthly branch, 5-7 a.m.). (various references)

Danish

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 4th edition, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fourth edition). (various references)

Dutch

DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 4th edition, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fourth edition). (various references)

Finnish

DSM IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 4th edition, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fourth edition). (various references)

French

DSM-IV d'Oedipe (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 4th edition). (various references)

German

Erklaerung des 4. Europaeischen Rats vom 2. April 1976 in Luxemburg zu Rhodesien (Statement by the 4th European Council on Rhodesia (Luxembourg), DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 4th edition, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fourth edition). (various references)

Greek 

DSM-IV του Οιδίποδα (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 4th edition, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fourth edition). (various references)

Italian

DSM-IV di Edipo (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 4th edition, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fourth edition). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

四日　 (4th day of month), 四日 (4th day of month, four days), 丁 (4th in rank, block, cake, fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, leaf). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひのと (4th in rank, fourth sign of the Chinese calendar), よっか (4th day of month, four days), てい (4th in rank, air, appearance, brotherly affection, condition, faithful service to those older, form, fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, shave, spy, state, stopping, younger brother). (various references)

Spanish

DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 4th edition, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fourth edition), DSM IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 4th edition, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fourth edition). (various references)