- next after the fifth; being the ordinal number for six.
- being one of six equal parts.
- a sixth part, especially of one (1/6).
- the sixth member of a series.
- Music.
- a tone on the sixth degree from a given tone (counted as a first).
- the interval between such tones.
- the harmonic combination of such tones.
- in the sixth place; sixthly.
- (usually prenominal)
- coming after the fifth and before the seventh in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of six: often written 6th
- (as noun)
- one of six equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
- (as modifier)
- the fraction equal to one divided by six (1/6)
- music
- the interval between one note and another note six notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale
- one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other
- short for sixth chord
- after the fifth person, position, etc
- as the sixth point: linking what follows to the previous statements
