SIXTH

a. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.

2.
a.

Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided.

3.
n.

The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.

4.
n.

The next in order after the fifth.

5.
n.

The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.


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