sixteenth
sixteenth is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 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.)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is sixteenth.
- What is 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 called?
- What is the quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole called?
- What is the next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth called?
- What is an interval comprising two octaves and a second. Moore (Encyc. of Music.) called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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