sixteenth [
'siks'ti:nθ]
num. 第十六, 十六分之一
sixteenth[ noun ]- position 16 in a countable series of things
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- one part in sixteen equal parts
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[ adj ]- coming next after the fifteenth in position
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Sixteenth \Six"teenth`\, a. [From {Sixteen}: cf. AS.
sixte['o]?a.]
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.) An interval comprising two octaves and a second.
--Moore (Encyc. of Music.)