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Meaning of SESTET

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a rhythmic group of six lines of verse
  2. [n]  a musical composition written for six performers
  3. [n]  a set of six similar things considered as a unit
  4. [n]  six performers or singers who perform together
  5. [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
 
 See Also: composition, digit, figure, musical composition, musical group, musical organisation, musical organization, opus, piece, piece of music, set, stanza

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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