| 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.
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| 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. | ||||
| Noun | 1. | sixteenth - position 16 is a countable series of things |
| Adj. | 1. | sixteenth - coming next after the fifteenth in position Synonyms: 16th |