Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sestet"
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) 1.7 (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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