sextuplet vs sixth

sextuplet

noun
  • A group of six objects. 

  • A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first and fourth notes; a double triplet. 

  • A group of six notes played in the time of four, with an accent only on the first note. 

  • One of a group of six persons or animals born from the same mother during the same birth. 

  • A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first, third and fifth notes. 

sixth

noun
  • One of six equal parts of a whole. 

  • The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale, for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth. (Note that the interval covers six notes counting inclusively, for example C-D-E-F-G-A.) 

  • The person or thing in the sixth position. 

verb
  • to divide by six, which also means multiplying a denominator by six 

adj
  • The ordinal form of the number six. 

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