3. (Mus.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.

Sixth"ly, adv. In the sixth place. Bacon.

Six"ti*eth (?), a. [As. sixtiogoða, sixtigoða.] 1. Next in order after

the fifty-ninth.

2. Constituting or being one one of sixty equal parts into which

anything is divided.

Six"ti*eth, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty

equal parts forming a whole.

2. The next in order after the fifty-ninth; the tenth after the

fiftieth.

Six"ty (?), a. [AS. siextig; akin to G. sechzig, Goth. saíhs tigjus.

See Six, Ten, and cf. Sixteen.] Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more;

threescore.

Six"ty, n.; pl. Sixties (&?;). 1. The sum of six times ten; sixty units

or objects.

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