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sixteenth |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sixteenth \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sixteenth \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.) From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sixteenth adj : coming next after the fifteenth in position [syn: {16th}] n : position 16 is a countable series of things
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