2. A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi.

Six*teen"mo (?), n.; pl. Sixteenmos (&?;). See Sextodecimo.

Six"teenth` (?), a. [From Sixteen: cf. AS. sixteó&?;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.

Six"teenth`, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of

sixteen equal parts of one whole.

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