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sixth

[siksth]

–adjective

1.	next after the fifth; being the ordinal number for six.

2.	being one of six equal parts.

–noun

3.	a sixth part, esp. of one ( ¹/₆ ).

4.	the sixth member of a series.

Music.

a.	a tone on the sixth degree from a given tone (counted as a first).

b.	the interval between such tones.

c.	the harmonic combination of such tones.

–adverb

6.	in the sixth place; sixthly.

Origin:
bef. 900; six + -th ² ; r. sixt, ME sixte, OE sixta

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Language Translation for : Sixth

Spanish:

sexto,

German:

das Sechstel,

Japanese:

６分の１

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sixth (sĭksth) Pronunciation Key
n.

The ordinal number matching the number six in a series.
One of six equal parts.
Music
1. An interval of six degrees in a diatonic scale.
2. A tone separated by this interval from a given tone.
3. The harmonic combination of two tones separated by this interval.
4. The sixth tone of a scale; the submediant.

sixth adv. & adj.

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sixth

O.E. syxte, from siex (see six). Sixth sense "supernatural perception of objects" is attested from 1807; earlier it meant "the sense that apprehends sexual pleasure" (1699).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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sixth
adjective
1.	coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position
noun
1.	position six in a countable series of things
2.	one part in six equal parts [syn: one-sixth]
3.	the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it