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sixth

  [siksth]
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–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.
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.
–adverb
6. in the sixth place; sixthly.
Origin:
bef. 900; six + -th 2 ; r. sixt, ME sixte, OE sixta

Related forms:
sixthly, adverb
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sixth   (sĭksth)   
n.  

  1. The ordinal number matching the number six in a series.

  2. One of six equal parts.

  3. 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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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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