Sixth1, a.
a. [A-S. sixta, sexta.]
- First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth;—the ordinal of six.
- Constituting, or being, one of six equal parts into which any thing is divided.
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Sixth
Sixth2, n.
- The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts.
- The next in order after the fifth.
- (Mus.) The interval of four tones and a semitone, embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.