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Sixteenth

//ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    The ordinal form of the number sixteen.

    "[…] a pair of pauldrons with the light horizontal bar which in later years developed into the high neckguard of the sixteenth century; numbers of gauntlets, visors of helmets, and other pieces, the handling of which is a sheer joy […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    coming next after the fifteenth in position wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One of sixteen equal parts of a whole.

    "A sixteenth of 320 is 20."

  2. 2
    one part in sixteen equal parts wordnet
  3. 3
    position 16 in a countable series of things wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old English sixtēoþa, equivalent to sixteen + -th.

Etymology 2

From Old English sixtēoþa, equivalent to sixteen + -th.

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