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sixth

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sixth  (sksth)
n.
1. The ordinal number matching the number six in a series.
2. One of six equal parts.
3. Music
a. An interval of six degrees in a diatonic scale.
b. A tone separated by this interval from a given tone.
c. The harmonic combination of two tones separated by this interval.
d. The sixth tone of a scale; the submediant.

sixth adv. & adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sixthsixth - position six in a countable series of things
rank - relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
2.sixth - one part in six equal parts
common fraction, simple fraction - the quotient of two integers
3.sixth - the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it
musical interval, interval - the difference in pitch between two notes
Adj.1.sixthsixth - coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position
ordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh"
Translations
sixth [sɪksθ] adjsexto;
the upper/lower sixth (SCOL) → el séptimo/sexto año
sixth [ˈsɪksθ] six numsixième
n the upper/lower sixth (Brit) (Scol) → la terminale/la première
sixth [sɪksθ] six numsechste(r, s);
the upper/lower sixth six (Brit) (Scol) → die Ober-/Unterprima
sixth [sɪksθ] numsesto/a
n the upper/lower sixth (BRIT ) (SCOL) → l'ultimo/il penultimo anno di scuola superiore


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Firstly, it is certainly not later than the beginning of the sixth century, for it makes no mention of Iacchus, and the Dionysiac element was introduced at Eleusis at about that period.
She let him lie uninterred for five days, and on the sixth day, not knowing what else to do, she buried him in her own head.
This authoritative text is reprinted from the Library of America edition of Novels by Edith Wharton, and is based on the sixth impression of the first edition, which incorporates the last set of extensive revisions that are obviously authorial.
 
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