sixteenth, th
(adjective) coming next after the fifteenth in position
sixteenth, one-sixteenth, sixteenth part
(noun) one part in sixteen equal parts
sixteenth
(noun) position 16 in a countable series of things
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sixteenth
The ordinal form of the number sixteen.
English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.
• 16th, 16th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XVI
sixteenth (plural sixteenths)
One of sixteen equal parts of a whole.
Source: Wiktionary
Six"teenth`, a. Etym: [From Sixteen: cf. AS. sixteĂł.]
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.)
Definition: An interval comprising two octaves and a second. Moore (Encyc. of Music.)
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
