sixth
Pronunciation: /sɪksθ/
ordinal number
- 1constituting number six in a sequence; 6th: her sixth novel the sixth of the month to the original five categories we add a sixth
- the sixth finisher or position in a race or competition: he could only finish sixth
- chiefly British the sixth form of a school or college: the naughtiest girl in the sixth
- sixthly (used to introduce a sixth point or reason): sixth, given all the facts there is no logical reason why we can’t make a decision
- Music an interval spanning six consecutive notes in a diatonic major or minor scale, e.g. C to A ( major sixth) or A to F ( minor sixth).
- Music the note which is higher by a sixth than the tonic of a scale or root of a chord.
