Category:Sixteenth

Six"teenth`, a. Etym: [from sixteen: cf. As. sixteó.]

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.

Sixteenth 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.)

Defn: an interval comprising two octaves and a second. Moore (encyc. Of music.)