third inversion

noun

: the disposition of a seventh chord so that its seventh is in the bass : the arrangement of notes in seventh chord so that its seventh is in the lowest position compare first inversion, root position, second inversion see seventh chord

Word History

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined above

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