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Webster 1913 Edition


Sixteenth

Six′teenthˊ

,
Adj.
[From
Sixteen
: cf. AS.
sixteó[GREEK]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′teenthˊ

,
Noun.
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.)

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sixteenth

sixteenth

English

English numbers
 <  15 16 17  > 
    Cardinal : sixteen
    Ordinal : sixteenth
    Multiplier : sixteenfold

Numeral

sixteenth

  1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number sixteen.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

16th, 16th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XVI

Translations

Noun

sixteenth (plural sixteenths)

  1. (fractional) One of sixteen equal parts of a whole.
    A sixteenth of 320 is 20.

Translations