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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ses·tet /sɛsˈtɛt/
 六重唱曲,十四行詩

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ses·tet n.
 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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