 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sixth
adjective: coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in
position [syn: {6th}]
noun
1: position six in a countable series of things
2: a sixth part [syn: {one-sixth}]
3: the musical interval between one note and another six notes
away from it
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sixth \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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sixth \Sixth\, adjective [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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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