Sekirov Dictionary

sixth

/sɪksθ/

adjective 1
noun 3
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 1

adjective1

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coming as number 6 in a list or series
- 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. — 1611

noun3

The person or thing in the sixth position.
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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). — 2000
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.

verb1

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(informal, nonstandard) 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, — 1993

forms

sixthed · sixthing · sixths

Phrases with sixth

sixth-rate
Of a Royal Navy warship in the Napoleonic Era: having 20–28 guns on one gun deck, a complement of 140–200, and weighing 340–550 tons burthen.

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