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Six vs Septimation - What's the difference?

six | septimation |

As nouns the difference between six and septimation

is that six is pike while septimation is (rare) the loss, seizure, destruction, or killing of one seventh (of something or of a group).

six

English

(wikipedia six)

Numeral

(head)
  • (cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after five and before seven.

    • Related terms

    * sixth

    Derived terms

    * six-figure * * six-pack, six pack, sixpack * six-shooter, sixshooter * sixteen * sixth * sixty * six ways to Sunday

    Noun

    (es)
  • The digit or figure .
  • (military slang, by ellipsis of six o'clock) Rear, behind (rear side of something).
  • (cricket, countable) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team.
  • (American football) A touchdown.

    • Derived terms

    * at sixes and sevens * hit someone for six

    See also

    * * (Arabic numeral) * (Chinese numerals) * or VI (Roman numeral) * (Greek numeral) *

    Statistics

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    Anagrams

    * (l) 1000 English basic words ----

    septimation

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (rare) The loss, seizure, destruction, or killing of one seventh (of something or of a group).
  • * 1844 , J.A.T., “Observations on the Genius of the Christian Sabbath, as Illustrated in the Life of Wilberforce” in The Oberlin Evangelist VI, ? 5, page 40
    • To Wilberforce ‘the Sabbath was a delight’ […] O how often, even among those who most punctiliously observe it, does it seem […] an unwelcome exaction, a sort of septimation of time, as grievous as church decimations of property.
  • * 1853 , William Jackman [aut.] and I. Chamberlayne [ed.], The Australian Captive , chapter XVII, page 206
    • We had gone into the enemy’s ground with seven hundred warriors?—?a little over one hundred of whom were missing when we left it?—?as, at that time, we could hardly muster six hundred. This septimation of our men was accompanied by a proportionate riddance of such encumbrances of the expedition as wore the shape of women and little ones.

    Coordinate terms

    * (decimation equivalents)