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.)
Six"teenth` (?), a. [From Sixteen: cf. AS. sixteó&?;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.
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