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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Sixteenth

/sĭk-stēnth'/ · Six·teenth · IPA /ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ/
01 a. Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.
  1. 1.
    Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.
  2. 2.
    Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
Phrases & compounds
Sixteenth note — the sixteenth part of a whole note; a semiquaver.
02 n. The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole.
  1. 1.
    The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole.
  2. 2.
    The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth.
  3. 3.
    An interval comprising two octaves and a second.(Mus.)