Found 2 items, similar to sestet.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sestet
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
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sestet
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.]
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2. (Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet.
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