a. | 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. | |
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. |
Noun | 1. | sixth - position six in a countable series of things |
2. | sixth - a sixth part Synonyms: one-sixth | |
3. | sixth - the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it | |
Adj. | 1. | sixth - coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position Synonyms: 6th |