sixth
IPA: sˈɪksθ
noun
- (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position.
- One of six equal parts of a whole.
- (music) 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. (Note that the interval covers six notes counting inclusively, for example C-D-E-F-G-A.)
verb
- to divide by six, which also means multiplying a denominator by six
adjective
- The ordinal form of the number six.
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Examples of "sixth" in Sentences
- It was the sixth test of the missile.
- The first is a duplicate of the sixth.
- It is the sixth generation of the Ford Taurus.
- It was the sixth elected minister to be grilled.
- The sixth is octave equivalent to the thirteenth.
- He was the third and youngest son of the sixth Baron Craven.
- These are the errors in the first printing of the sixth edition.
- Like the third movement, the sixth recalls an operatic recitative.
- But you do get to use what we call your sixth sense, your common sense.
- She first appears in the sixth novel of the series, 'The Ersatz Elevator'.
- From the third to sixth ledges require the competitor to hop to the next ledge.
- Columbus came into Wednesday in sixth place in the Western Conference with 70 points.
- (And, for the record, Kurt Busch is in sixth place 47 points ahead of -- you guessed it -- brother Kyle, in ninth.)
- That is why it suggested what it calls a sixth principle on transparency that would require carriers to explain their network management practices.
- Starting the Talladega race in sixth place, the No. 2 Miller Lite car, driven by Kurt Busch, was powered by an engine called D95R, built by Penske Racing.
- Among the other three, one served in the Israeli army's Northern Command Ordnance Corps, one has an academic background, and the sixth is a former stand-up comedian.
- A third work was entitled "Casus seu Notabilia" on the five books of Decretals, which was intended as a complete and practical commentary, but which owing to the author's death, did not go beyond the title sixth of the first book, consequently not published.
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