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sixteenth [ˈsɪksˈtiːnθ] adj (Mathematics) (usually prenominal) a. coming after the fifteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc.; being the ordinal number of sixteen: often written 16th b. (as noun) the sixteenth of the month n
1. (Mathematics) a. one of 16 equal or nearly equal parts of something b. (as modifier) a sixteenth part 2. (Mathematics) the fraction that is equal to one divided by 16 (1/16) ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations sixteenth [ˈsɪksˈtiːnθ] A. ADJ → decimosexto B. N (in series) → decimosexto/a m/f; (= fraction) → dieciseisavo m, decimosexta parte f see fifth for usage sixteenth [ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ] adj → seizième the sixteenth edition of the dictionary → la seizième édition du dictionnaire her sixteenth birthday → son seizième anniversaire the sixteenth century → le seizième siècle the sixteenth floor → le seizième étage n (gen) → seizième mf (= fraction) → seizième m sixteenth adj → sechzehnte(r, s); a sixteenth part → ein Sechzehntel nt; a sixteenth note (esp US Mus) → eine Sechzehntelnote, ein Sechzehntel nt n (= date) the sixteenth → der Sechzehnte sixteenth [ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ] 1. adj → sedicesimo/a sixteenth [ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ] 1. adj → sedicesimo/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Only one sixteenth of her was black, and that sixteenth did not show. Still, it is by no means so large or so distant as you imagined it, -- for the fact is that, as it wriggles its way up this thread, which some spider has wrought along the window-sash, I find it to be about the sixteenth of an inch in its extreme length, and also about the sixteenth of an inch distant from the pupil of my eye. The fragment of the Critias has given birth to a world-famous fiction, second only in importance to the tale of Troy and the legend of Arthur; and is said as a fact to have inspired some of the early navigators of the sixteenth century. |
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