[syn: sixth, 6th]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sixth \Sixth\, a. [From Six: cf. AS. sixta, siexta.]
1. First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.
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2. Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which
anything is divided.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sixth \Sixth\, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal
parts which form a whole.
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2. The next in order after the fifth.
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3. (Mus.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the
scale.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sixth
adj 1: coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh
in position [syn: sixth, 6th]
n 1: position six in a countable series of things
2: one part in six equal parts [syn: one-sixth, sixth]
3: the musical interval between one note and another six notes
away from it
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "sixth":
consecutive intervals, decimalization, decimation, degree,
diapason, diatessaron, diatonic interval, diatonic semitone,
enharmonic diesis, enharmonic interval, fifth, fourth, half step,
halftone, hexad, hexadic, hexagonal, hexahedral, hexamerous,
hexangular, hexapartite, hexastyle, hexatomic, hexavalent,
interval, less semitone, melodic interval, note, octave,
parallel octaves, quinquepartition, quinquesection, second,
semitone, senary, seventh, sexennial, sextipartite, sextipartition,
sextuple, sixfold, step, tenth, third, tithe, tone,
unison interval, whole step