Definition of Sixths

1. Noun. (plural of sixth) ¹

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Definition of Sixths

1. sixth [n] - See also: sixth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sixths

sixth
sixth-form college
sixth-former
sixth-year molar
sixth cranial nerve
sixth disease
sixth form
sixth forms
sixth grade
sixth grades
sixth sense
sixth senses
sixth ventricle
sixthly
sixths (current term)
sixties
sixtiesish
sixtieth
sixtieths
sixty
sixty-eight
sixty-eighth
sixty-eighths
sixty-fifth
sixty-first
sixty-five
sixty-four
sixty-fourmos

Literary usage of Sixths

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Intellectual Arithmetic: Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction by Warren Colburn (1891)
"What is one half of 6 ? one sixth of 6 ? three sixths of 6 ? How many sixths of 6 make one half of 6 ? 16. What is one half of 12 ? one sixth of 12 ? three ..."

2. Progressive Arithmetic by William James Milne (1906)
"How many sixths are there in \ of the oblong? To how many sixths is \ equal? 3. How many sixths of this oblong are shaded? how many thirds? ..."

3. Progressive Arithmetic by William James Milne (1906)
"How many sixths are shaded ? how many halves ? How many sixths are there in \ of ... To how many sixths is \ equal? 3. How many sixths of this oblong are ..."

4. Violin Playing as I Teach it by Leopold Auer (1921)
"m SCALE IN sixths In both progressions of the ... in sixths, ascending and descending, I have my pupils keep one finger in its place—so far as it is ..."

5. Violin Playing as I Teach it by Leopold Auer (1921)
"in SCALE IN sixths In both progressions of the scale in sixths, ascending and descending, I have my pupils keep one finger in its place—so far as it is ..."

6. First Lessons in Arithmetic: Combining the Oral Method with the Method of by Charles Davies (1849)
"How many sixths are there in one ? 4. How many sixths are there in one and one sixth ? 5. ... In two and four sixths ? 6. How many sixths are therein three? ..."

7. First Lessons in Arithmetic: Designed for Beginners by Charles Davies (1848)
"James has six sixths of an apple: how many whole apples are they equal to ? 2. How many whole things are there in twelve sixths ? In fifteen sixths ? ..."

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