Sixteenth

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  • noun. The ordinal number matching the number 16 in a series.
  • noun. One of 16 equal parts.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Next in order after the fifteenth; being the sixth after the tenth: the ordinal of sixteen.
  • Being one of sixteen equal parts into which a whole is divided.
  • noun. One of sixteen equal parts.
  • noun. In music: The melodic or harmonic interval of two octaves and a second.
  • noun. A sixteenth-note.
  • noun. In early Eng. law. a sixteenth of the rents of the year, or of movables, or both, granted or levied by way of tax.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole.
  • noun. The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth.
  • noun. An interval comprising two octaves and a second.
  • adjective. Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.
  • adjective. Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
  • adjective. the sixteenth part of a whole note; a semiquaver.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The ordinal form of the number sixteen.
  • noun. One of sixteen equal parts of a whole.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. one part in sixteen equal parts
  • adjective. coming next after the fifteenth in position
  • noun. position 16 in a countable series of things
  • Word Usage
    "But it isn't just that he knows so much, he is also incredibly enthusiastic and excited about history, and is able to always communicate that enthusiasm, so that when you are listening to him you also get excited about rabbinic intrigues in sixteenth century France."
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