Meanings
nounthird inversion (plural third inversions)
plural third inversions
- entertainmenta position of a seventh chord when the seventh of the chord is the lowest note
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third inversion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/third%20inversion
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