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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.
The first after the fifth; the ordinal of six.

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

sixth

English

English numbers
60
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : six
    Ordinal : sixth
    Multiplier : sextuple

Adjective

sixth (not comparable)

  1. The ordinal form of the number six.

Synonyms

6th, 6th; (in names of monarchs and popes) VI

Translations

Noun

sixth (plural sixths)

  1. (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position.
  2. One of six equal parts of a whole.
  3. (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):

Translations

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