Category:Sixth

Sixth, a. Etym: [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.

Sixth 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.)

Defn: the interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.