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Definition of "sextet" [sex•tet]

  • Music A composition for six voices or six instruments. (noun)
  • Music A group of six singers or six instrumentalists. (noun)
  • A group of six. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sextet" in a sentence
  • "The second part contains six lines, and is therefore called the sextet, from the Latin word sex, meaning six."
  • "In the B funnel scandium B is repeated, with an addition of _d_ 20 and a sextet for a quintet; the sextet is the _c_ of the "nitrogen balloon.""
  • "As America's most renowned band devoted to klezmer - the secular, celebratory music of Eastern European Jewry - the sextet is a product of the unique alchemy of New York City's downtown music scene, where polyglot collaborations are the rule rather than the exception."