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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.Definition 2024
sixth
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Adjective
sixth (not comparable)
- The ordinal form of the number six.
Synonyms
Translations
ordinal form of the number six
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Noun
sixth (plural sixths)
- (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position.
- One of six equal parts of a whole.
- (music) The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale, for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth. (Note that the interval covers six notes counting inclusively, for example C-D-E-F-G-A.)
Synonyms
- (one of six equal parts): ⅙
Translations
person or thing in sixth place
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one of six equal parts of a whole
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interval
Related terms
- French sixth
- Italian sixth
- major sixth
- minor sixth
- sixth sense