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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sixteenth
adjective: coming next after the fifteenth in position [syn: {16th}]
noun: position 16 is a countable series of things
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sixteenth \Six"teenth'\, adjective [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sixteenth \Six"teenth'\, noun
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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