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sixth
adjective
coming
after
five
other
things
in
order
;
6th
.
•
We
live
on
the
sixth
floor
of
the
apartment
building
.
We
live
on
the
sixth
floor
of
the
apartment
building
.
•
She
finished
sixth
in
the
100-meter
race
and
smiled
at
the
crowd
.
She
finished
sixth
in
the
100-meter
race
and
smiled
at
the
crowd
.
Derived
from
Old
English
‘
siextha
’,
from
‘
six
’,
meaning
number
six
+
‘
-th
’
ordinal
suffix
.
noun
one
of
six
equal
parts
of
something
;
1⁄6
.
•
A
sixth
of
the
cake
was
already
gone
when
we
arrived
.
A
sixth
of
the
cake
was
already
gone
when
we
arrived
.
•
He
spends
about
a
sixth
of
his
salary
on
rent
each
month
.
He
spends
about
a
sixth
of
his
salary
on
rent
each
month
.
From
Middle
English
,
extending
the
ordinal
‘
sixth
’
to
mean
the
fractional
part
‘
one
of
six
equal
parts
’.
noun
(
music
)
the
interval
between
two
notes
that
are
six
scale
degrees
apart
.
•
The
melody
jumps
up
a
major
sixth
and
then
resolves
softly
.
The
melody
jumps
up
a
major
sixth
and
then
resolves
softly
.
•
The
choir
practiced
holding
the
minor
sixth
until
every
voice
blended
perfectly
.
The
choir
practiced
holding
the
minor
sixth
until
every
voice
blended
perfectly
.
Adopted
in
music
theory
by
counting
inclusive
scale
steps
;
first
recorded
in
English
musical
treatises
of
the
16th
century
.