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Twelfth vs Semisextile - What's the difference?

twelfth | semisextile |

As nouns the difference between twelfth and semisextile

is that twelfth is one of twelve equal parts of a whole while semisextile is an aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees.

As an adjective twelfth

is the ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.

twelfth

English

Adjective

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  • (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number of a sequence.
    • The answer appears on the twelfth page of the book.
    She finished twelfth in the race.

    Synonyms

    * commander * , 12th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XII

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (fractional) One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
    • A twelfth of 240 is 20.
    Five twelfths of the population voted in support of the proposal.
  • (music) An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth

    • Synonyms

    * dozenth

    semisextile

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astrology) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees.
    • (Hutton)
    (Webster 1913)