Sĭx'teenth1, a.
a. [A-S. sixteódha.]
- Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth; — the ordinal of sixteen.
- Constituting, or being, one of sixteen equal parts into which any thing is divided.
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Sixteenth
Six'teenth2, n.
n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts.
- The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth.
- (Mus.) An interval comprising two octaves and a second. Moore.