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sestet |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] 2. (Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}, {sextuplet}, {hexad}] 2: six performers or singers who perform together [syn: {sextet}, {sextette}] 3: a set of six similar things considered as a unit [syn: {sextet}, {sextette}] 4: a musical composition written for six performers [syn: {sextet}, {sextette}] 5: a rhythmic group of six lines of verse
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