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NOUN (5)

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one;
[syn: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad]

2. six performers or singers who perform together;
[syn: sextet, sextette, sestet]

3. a set of six similar things considered as a unit;
[syn: sextet, sextette, sestet]

4. a musical composition written for six performers;
[syn: sextet, sextette, sestet]

5. a rhythmic group of six lines of verse;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sestet \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.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sestet n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad] 2: six performers or singers who perform together [syn: sextet, sextette, sestet] 3: a set of six similar things considered as a unit [syn: sextet, sextette, sestet] 4: a musical composition written for six performers [syn: sextet, sextette, sestet] 5: a rhythmic group of six lines of verse