Meanings
- abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of third.
(d) No. of ways of attempting Ist, IInd, IIIrd questions are 4 each.
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The reply from one large branch of the musculo-cutaneous in the forearm is abolished, but not the reply from the other. 3rd section, replies from musculo-cutaneous in forearm abolished; from Ist and IInd palmar and dorsal digitales collaterales reduced. 4th section, replies from Ist, IInd, and IIIrd collateral digitals, both dorsal and plantar, abolished; from the IVth, Vth, and VIth dorsal collaterals obviously diminished; from the IVth palmar collateral obviously diminished.
1894, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Biological sciences, volume 184If each angle were multiplied by three, the eighteen entries of the 1ˢᵗ quadrant would be converted into three groups of six, lying in three quadrants, viz.,Iˢᵗ, IIⁿᵈ, IIIʳᵈ;
1907, George Howard Darwin, Scientific Papers, volume 1, page 17813. Total number of ways of selecting four shoes (in order Ist, IInd, IIIrd, IVth) is 20 × 19 × 18 × 17
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Origin
From III (Roman numeral representing three) + -rd.
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