SIXTH

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


Etymology

Adjective

sixth (not comparable)

The ordinal form of the number six.

Synonyms

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

Noun

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.)

Synonyms

• (one of six equal parts): ⅙

Verb

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



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