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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position;
[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. [1913 Webster] 2. Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. The next in order after the fifth. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale. [1913 Webster]
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