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sixth | x |

As an adjective sixth

is the ordinal form of the number six.

As a noun sixth

is (not used in the plural) the person or thing in the sixth position.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

sixth

English

(wikipedia sixth)

Adjective

(-)
  • The ordinal form of the number six.

    • Synonyms

    : , 6th; (in names of monarchs and popes ) VI

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position.
  • One of six equal parts of a whole.
  • (music) 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.)

    • Synonyms

    * (one of six equal parts)

    Related terms

    * major sixth * minor sixth * sixth sense English ordinal numbers

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----