'Sixteenth' definitions:
Definition of 'sixteenth'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Coming next after the fifteenth in position [syn: sixteenth, 16th]
noun
Position 16 in a countable series of things
noun
One part in sixteen equal parts [syn: one-sixteenth, sixteenth, sixteenth part]
Definition of 'Sixteenth'
From: GCIDE
- Sixteenth \Six"teenth`\, a. [From Sixteen: cf. AS. sixte['o]?a.]
- 1. Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided. [1913 Webster]
- Sixteenth note (Mus.), the sixteenth part of a whole note; a semiquaver. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sixteenth'
From: GCIDE
- Sixteenth \Six"teenth`\, n.
- 1. The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mus.) An interval comprising two octaves and a second. --Moore (Encyc. of Music.) [1913 Webster]