SIXTEENTHS

Noun

sixteenths

plural of sixteenth

Source: Wiktionary


SIXTEENTH

Six"teenth`, a. Etym: [From Sixteen: cf. AS. sixteó.]

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



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