sixth, th
(adjective) coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position
sixth
(noun) the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it
sixth, one-sixth
(noun) one part in six equal parts
sixth
(noun) position six in a countable series of things
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sixth (not comparable)
The ordinal form of the number six.
6th, 6th, VIth; (in names of monarchs and popes) VI
sixth (plural sixths)
(not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position.
One of six equal parts of a whole.
(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.)
• (one of six equal parts): ⅙
sixth (third-person singular simple present sixths, present participle sixthing, simple past and past participle sixthed)
to divide by six, which also means multiplying a denominator by six
Source: Wiktionary
Sixth, a. Etym: [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, n.
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.)
Definition: The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
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