'Sixth' definitions:
Definition of 'sixth'
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Definition of 'Sixth'
From: GCIDE
- Sixth \Sixth\, a. [From Six: cf. AS. sixta, siexta.]
- 1. First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sixth'
From: GCIDE
- Sixth \Sixth\, n.
- 1. The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The next in order after the fifth. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mus.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sixth'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- consecutive intervals,
- decimalization,
- decimation,
- degree,
- diapason,
- diatessaron,
- diatonic interval,
- diatonic semitone,
- enharmonic diesis,
- enharmonic interval,
- fifth,
- fourth,
- half step,
- halftone,
- hexad,
- hexadic,
- hexagonal,
- hexahedral,
- hexamerous,
- hexangular,
- hexapartite,
- hexastyle,
- hexatomic,
- hexavalent,
- interval,
- less semitone,
- melodic interval,
- note,
- octave,
- parallel octaves,
- quinquepartition,
- quinquesection,
- second,
- semitone,
- senary,
- seventh,
- sexennial,
- sextipartite,
- sextipartition,
- sextuple,
- sixfold,
- step,
- tenth,
- third,
- tithe,
- tone,
- unison interval,
- whole step