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sestet
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sestet has 5 senses
- sestet(n = noun.quantity) 6, captain hicks, half a dozen, hexad, sextet, sextuplet, sise, six, sixer, vi - the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one; Array is a kind of digit, figure
- sestet(n = noun.group) sextet, sextette - six performers or singers who perform together; Array is a kind of musical group, musical organisation, musical organization
- sestet(n = noun.group) sextet, sextette - a set of six similar things considered as a unit; Array is a kind of set
- sestet(n = noun.communication) sextet, sextette - a musical composition written for six performers; Array is a kind of composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music
- sestet(n = noun.communication) Array - a rhythmic group of six lines of verse; Array is a kind of stanza
CIDE DICTIONARY
sestet, n. [It. sestetto, fr. sesto sixth, L. sextus, fr. sex six.].
- A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also
sestuor . [1913 Webster] - The last six lines of a sonnet. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sestet, n.
1 the last six lines of a sonnet.
2 a sextet.
1 the last six lines of a sonnet.
2 a sextet.
Etymology
It. sestetto f. sesto f. L sextus a sixth
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