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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Sixth

/sĭksth/ · IPA /sɪksθ/
01 a. First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.
  1. 1.
    First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.
  2. 2.
    Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided.
02 n. The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.
  1. 1.
    The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.
  2. 2.
    The next in order after the fifth.
  3. 3.
    The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.(Mus.)