Definitions for: Sixteenth


[n] position 16 is a countable series of things
[adj] coming next after the fifteenth in position



Webster (1913) Definition: Six"teenth`, a. [From Sixteen: cf. AS.
sixte['o]?a.]
1. Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.

2. Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into
which anything is divided.

Sixteenth note (Mus.), the sixteenth part of a whole note;
a semiquaver.


Six"teenth`, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen
equal parts of one whole.

2. The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the
tenth.

3. (Mus.) An interval comprising two octaves and a second.
--Moore (Encyc. of Music.)

Synonyms: 16th, ordinal

See Also: rank

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