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noun
3.
a sixth part, especially of one ( 1 / 6 ).
4.
the sixth member of a series.
5.
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.
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Sixth
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
adverb
6.
in the sixth place; sixthly.
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sixth (sɪksθ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (usually prenominal) |
| a. coming after the fifth and before the seventh in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of six: often written 6th | |
| b. (as noun): the sixth to go | |
| —n | |
| 2. | a. one of six equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc |
| b. (as modifier): a sixth part | |
| 3. | the fraction equal to one divided by six (1/6) |
| 4. | music |
| a. the interval between one note and another note six notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale | |
| b. major minor See also interval one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other | |
| c. short for sixth chord | |
| —adv | |
| 5. | Also: sixthly after the fifth person, position, etc |
| —sentence connector | |
| 6. | Also: sixthly as the sixth point: linking what follows to the previous statements |
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Word Origin & History
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).
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Example sentences
But that describes no more than a sixth of the total college population.
After the sixth month the air-sacs begin to make their appearance on the infundibula in the form of minute pouches.
The sixth extinction is accelerating from its early beginnings when humans began agriculture.
About the sixth week the two parts of the pancreas meet and fuse and a communication is established between their ducts.
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