sixteenth

from 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}]

from 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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from 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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