Sixteenth

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sixteenth
       adj : coming next after the fifteenth in position [syn: {16th}]
       n : position 16 is a countable series of things