sixteenth note

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

sixteenth note
    n 1: a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a
         whole note [syn: {sixteenth note}, {semiquaver}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Semiquaver \Sem"i*qua`ver\ (s[e^]m"[i^]*kw[=a]`v[~e]r), n.
   (Mus.)
   A note of half the duration of the quaver; -- now usually
   called a {sixteenth note}.
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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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