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Princeton's WordNet

  1. one-sixth, sixthnoun

    one part in six equal parts

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of one-sixth in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of one-sixth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of one-sixth in a Sentence

  1. Buzz Aldrin:

    In the radio blackout I opened the little plastic packages which contained bread and wine, i poured the wine into the chalice our church had given me. In the one-sixth gravity of the moon, the wine curled slowly and gracefully up the side of the cup. It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements.

  2. Joe Vukovich:

    We are long overdue to phase out inefficient old-fashioned light bulbs as this progress was illegally delayed by the President Donald Trump administration for more than two years, lED bulbs, which will replace the old incandescents, use one-sixth the amount of energy to deliver the same amount of light and last at least 10 times longer.

  3. Jane Houlihan:

    The FDA should lower the allowable limit, in the meantime, parents have options -- other types of infant cereal have one-sixth as much arsenic as infant rice cereal, on average, and are safer choices.


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