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English Dictionary: sixth	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sixth adj coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position Synonym(s): sixth, 6th n position six in a countable series of things one part in six equal parts Synonym(s): one-sixth, sixth the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sixth \Sixth\, a. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.