sixth has definitions from the fields of music,mathematics
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[ adjective ] coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position

Synonyms

6th

Used in print

(Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)

Richards ' view of the aesthetic experience might constitute a sixth variety : for him it constitutes , in part , the organization of impulses .

(Samuel Elkin, "The Ball Player," Nugget, 6: 5...)

In the last of the sixth inning Mike_Deegan got_up to bat and hit a fast_ball over the left_fielder 's head .

Related terms

ordinal

2
[ noun ] (mathematics) a sixth part

Synonyms

one-sixth

Related terms

common_fraction

3
[ noun ] position six in a countable series of things

Related terms

rank

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[ noun ] (music) the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it

Related terms

interval

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