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Definition of third inversion
: 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
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The first known use of third inversion was in 1808
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