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SIXTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sixth" is a kind of...):
interval; musical interval (the difference in pitch between two notes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
One part in six equal parts
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("sixth" is a kind of...):
common fraction; simple fraction (the quotient of two integers)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Position six in a countable series of things
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("sixth" is a kind of...):
rank (relative status)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position
Synonyms:
6th; sixth
Classified under:
Similar:
ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)
Context examples:
It is the sixth most common type of cancer in the United States.
(Bladder Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
The peak incidence is in the sixth and seven decades.
(Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
On the sixth day we completed our first circuit of the cliffs, and found ourselves back at the first camp, beside the isolated pinnacle of rock.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A (ADNI-AVLT Version A) The number of words recalled from List A, sixth attempt (after List B recall).
(ADNI AVLT - List A Recall 6 (After B) Total, NCI Thesaurus)
The fifth night he had in Guest to dine with him; and the sixth he betook himself to Dr. Lanyon’s.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A - The number of words recalled from List A, sixth attempt (after List B recall).
(ADNI AVLT - List A Recall 6 (After B) Total, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A - The number of intrusions while recalling List A, sixth attempt (after List B recall).
(ADNI AVLT - List A Intrusions 6, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Following the fourth position in an ordering or series; coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position.
(Fifth, NCI Thesaurus)
The sixth day of the week; the fifth working day.
(Friday, NCI Thesaurus)
Since then, they have named it K2-138 and determined that it has a fifth planet — and perhaps even a sixth, according to the new paper.
(Multi-planet System Found Through Crowdsourcing, NASA)
