Meaning of SESTET
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- [n] a rhythmic group of six lines of verse
- [n] a musical composition written for six performers
- [n] a set of six similar things considered as a unit
- [n] six performers or singers who perform together
- [n] the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
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| | Synonyms: | | 6, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, hexad, sextet, sextet, sextet, sextette, sextette, sextuplet, sise, six, sixer, VI |
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| | See Also: | | composition, digit, figure, musical composition, musical group, musical organisation, musical organization, opus, piece, piece of music, set, stanza | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ses*tet"\, n. [It. sestetto, fr. sesto sixth, L. sextus,
fr. sex six.]
1. (Mus.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six
instruments; a sextet; -- called also {sestuor}. [Written
also {sestett}, {sestette}.]
2. (Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet.
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