Sixteenth (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. next after the fifteenth; being the ordinal number for 16.
  2. being one of 16 equal parts.
noun
  1. a sixteenth part, especially of one (1/16).
  2. the sixteenth member of a series.
  3. sixteenth note.
adjective
  1. (usually prenominal)
    • coming after the fifteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of sixteen: often written 16th
    • (as noun)
noun
    • one of 16 equal or nearly equal parts of something
    • (as modifier)
  1. the fraction that is equal to one divided by 16 (1/16)
Sixteenth (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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