one-sixth

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one-sixth (uncountable)

  1. One of six equal parts (1/6, , 0.1666…).
    • 2022, Iain Reid, We Spread, Scribner, page 67:
      “We are, each of us, one-sixth. A fraction of the whole,” says Hilbert. “0.16666666…”

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