Sixth

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sixth
       adj : coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in
             position [syn: {6th}]
       n 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 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