sixteenth Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun position 16 in a countable series of things
  2. noun one part in sixteen equal parts
    sixteenth part; one-sixteenth.
  3. adjective satellite coming next after the fifteenth in position
    16th.

WordNet

Six"teenth` adjective
Etymology
From Sixteen: cf. AS. sixteóa.
Definitions
  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.
Six"teenth` noun
Definitions
  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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