augmented sixth

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noun Music.

an interval greater than a major sixth by a chromatic half step.

any of various chords having this as the characteristic interval.

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This “Sixth Migration” of massive human migration to Texas is the larger story of the book, and it is a significant story.
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Rick would cut together five years worth of work, add the sixth, then recut six years worth of work, add the seventh, and so on.
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Turkey has had more than a decade of economic boom, and is now the sixth-most-visited tourist destination in the world.
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We are currently in the sixth, which is predicted to be the worst, and, to make matters worse, we are the cause.
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Instead of our sixth iPhone we suddenly start thinking about our first Jitterbug.
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Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
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The two-thirds objective should be used as a finder, while the one-sixth is reserved for examining details.
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They are easily seen with the one-sixth objective in the routine microscopic examination.
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The sixth line is in these words: “Keeping time, time, time, in a sort of Runic rhyme.”
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Who can explain the sixth sense that warns a night-herder of a stampede a moment before the herd jumps off the bed-ground?
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair