Sixth
adj, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 The person or thing in the sixth position.
- 2 the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it wordnet
- 3 One of six equal parts of a whole.
"On the moon, however the weight of a pound-mass (lb or lbm) is only about one sixth of a pound-force (lbf)."
- 4 one part in six equal parts wordnet
- 5 The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale; for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth.
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- 6 position six in a countable series of things wordnet
- 1 To divide by six, equivalent to multiplying a denominator by six. informal, nonstandard, rare
"Why would anyone use sixthing when any (N − a²) divisible by 6 would also be divisible by 3? The answer is that sometimes the numerator and/or the denominator is simpler in sixthing,"
- 1 The ordinal form of the number six. not-comparable
"And * God ſaw euery thing that hee had made : and behold, it was very good. And the euening and the moꝛning were the ſixth day."
- 1 coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position wordnet
Example
More examples"This elevator does not go above the sixth floor."
Etymology
From earlier sixt, from Middle English sixte, from Old English siexta, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô. By surface analysis, six + -th (ordinal suffix).
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