About The Word Sixteenth
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Sixteenth
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What's The Definition Of Sixteenth?
[n] position 16 is a countable series of things
[adj] coming next after the fifteenth in position Synonyms | Synonyms for Sixteenth: 16th | ordinal Related Terms | Find terms related to Sixteenth: See Also | rank Sixteenth In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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.) |
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