Definitions for: Sixth


[n] the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it
[n] a sixth part
[n] position six in a countable series of things
[adj] coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position



Webster (1913) Definition: Sixth, a. [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.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the
scale.

Synonyms: 6th, one-sixth, ordinal

See Also: common fraction, interval, musical interval, rank, simple fraction

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