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.
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.
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