sixth
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The ordinal form of the number six.
- And * God ſaw euery thing that hee had made : and behold, it was very good. And the euening and the moꝛning were the ſixth day.
- Dr. Ridpath, in his usual happy manner, thanked the Executive Committee and the various members of the Association who had so earnestly cooperated with him in the work of the Sixth Annual Meeting now drawing to a close.
- [T]he law codes drafted in Athens in the late seventh and early sixth centuries were the work of individuals, Drakon and then Solon.
The person or thing in the sixth position.
One of six equal parts of a whole.
- On the moon, however the weight of a pound-mass (lb or lbm) is only about one sixth of a pound-force (lbf).
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The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale
The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale; for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth.
To divide by six, equivalent to multiplying a denominator by six.
- Why would anyone use sixthing when any (N − a²) divisible by 6 would also be divisible by 3? The answer is that sometimes the numerator and/or the denominator is simpler in sixthing,
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Derived
Revenge of the Sixth, augmented sixth, augmented sixth chord, Australian sixth, diminished sixth, French augmented sixth chord, French sixth, German augmented sixth chord, German sixth, Italian augmented sixth chord, Italian sixth, Japanese sixth, lower sixth, major sixth, minor sixth, upper sixth
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