About The Word Sixth
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Sixth
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What's The Definition Of Sixth?
[n] the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it
[n] a sixth part [n] position six in a countable series of things [adj] coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position Synonyms | Synonyms for Sixth: 6th | one-sixth | ordinal Related Terms | Find terms related to Sixth: See Also | common fraction | interval | musical interval | rank | simple fraction Sixth In Webster's Dictionary \Sixth\, a. [From Six: cf. AS. sixta, siexta.]
1. First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.
2. Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which
anything is divided.
\Sixth\, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole. 2. The next in order after the fifth. 3. (Mus.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale. |
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