What does "sixteenth" mean?
Sixteenth: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole.
- 3.The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth.
- 4.(Mus.) An interval comprising two octaves and a second. Moore (Encyc. of Music.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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