Sixteenth
Pronunciation : Six"teenth`
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [From Sixteen: cf. AS. sixte
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Six"teenth`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913