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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. position 16 in a countable series of things;

2. one part in sixteen equal parts;
[syn: one-sixteenth, sixteenth, sixteenth part]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. coming next after the fifteenth in position;
[syn: sixteenth, 16th]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sixteenth \Six"teenth`\, a. [From Sixteen: cf. AS. sixte['o]?a.] 1. Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth. [1913 Webster] 2. Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided. [1913 Webster] Sixteenth note (Mus.), the sixteenth part of a whole note; a semiquaver. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sixteenth \Six"teenth`\, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole. [1913 Webster] 2. The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) An interval comprising two octaves and a second. --Moore (Encyc. of Music.) [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sixteenth adj 1: coming next after the fifteenth in position [syn: sixteenth, 16th] n 1: position 16 in a countable series of things 2: one part in sixteen equal parts [syn: one-sixteenth, sixteenth, sixteenth part]