[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