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six·teenth

   [siks-teenth]
adjective
1.
next after the fifteenth; being the ordinal number for 16.
2.
being one of 16 equal parts.
noun
3.
a sixteenth part, especially of one (1/16).
4.
the sixteenth member of a series.
5.
Music. sixteenth note.

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Origin:
before 900; Middle English sixtenthe (see sixteen, -th2); replacing Middle English sixtenthe, sixtethe, Old English sixtēotha (see tithe)
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sixteenth (ˈsɪksˈtiːnθ)
 
—adj
1.  (usually prenominal)
 a.  coming after the fifteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of sixteen: often written 16th
 b.  (as noun): the sixteenth of the month
 
—n
2.  a.  one of 16 equal or nearly equal parts of something
 b.  (as modifier): a sixteenth part
3.  the fraction that is equal to one divided by 16 (1/16)

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