[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.
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2. Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into
which anything is divided.
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Sixteenth note (Mus.), the sixteenth part of a whole note;
a semiquaver.
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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.
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2. The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the
tenth.
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3. (Mus.) An interval comprising two octaves and a second.
--Moore (Encyc. of Music.)
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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]