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sixth
[ siksth ]
/ sɪksθ /
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adjective
next after the fifth; being the ordinal number for six.
being one of six equal parts.
noun
a sixth part, especially of one (1/6).
the sixth member of a series.
Music.
- a tone on the sixth degree from a given tone (counted as a first).
- the interval between such tones.
- the harmonic combination of such tones.
adverb
in the sixth place; sixthly.
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OTHER WORDS FROM sixth
sixthly, adverbWords nearby sixth
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