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Sixth :: Sixth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.

Sextant :: Sextant (n.) An instrument for measuring angular distances between objects, -- used esp. at sea, for ascertaining the latitude and longitude. It is constructed on the same optical principle as Hadley's quadrant, but usually of metal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic sight, and its arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a circle. See Quadrant..

Elul :: Elul (n.) The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to the month of September..

Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A succession of chords of the sixth.

Instant :: Instant (a.) A day of the present or current month; as, the sixth instant; -- an elliptical expression equivalent to the sixth of the month instant, i. e., the current month. See Instant, a., 3..

Saxon :: Saxon (n.) One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries..

Thirteenth :: Thirteenth (n.) The interval comprising an octave and a sixth.

Hexa :: Hexa () A prefix or combining form, used to denote six, sixth, etc.; as, hexatomic, hexabasic..

La :: La (n.) A syllable applied to the sixth tone of the scale in music in solmization.

Obolus :: Obolus (n.) An ancient weight, the sixth part of a drachm..

Sext :: Sext (n.) The office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary..

A :: A () The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A sharp (A/) is the name of a musical tone intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A/) is the name of a tone intermediate between A and G..

Friday :: Friday (n.) The sixth day of the week, following Thursday and preceding Saturday..

Sextic :: Sextic (a.) Of the sixth degree or order.

Sixteenth :: Sixteenth (n.) The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth.

Seventh :: Seventh (n.) One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.

Hexameter :: Hexameter (n.) A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity..

Supereminence :: Superdominant (n.) The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; -- called also submediant.

Sixthly :: Sixthly (adv.) In the sixth place.

Station :: Station (n.) The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion..

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