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Webster 1913 Edition
Sixth
Sixth
,Adj.
[From Six: cf. AS.
sixta
, siexta
.] 1.
First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.
2.
Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided.
Sixth
,Noun.
1.
The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.
2.
The next in order after the fifth.
3.
(Mus.)
The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sixth
SIXTH
,Adj.
SIXTH
, n.1.
The sixth part.2.
In music, a hexachord, as interval of two kinds; the minor sixth, consisting of three tones and two semitones major, and the major sixth, composed of four tones and a major semitone.