adjective
- coming after fifteen others in order or position
noun
- one of sixteen equal parts of something
- a musical note having the time value of one sixteenth of a whole note
Usage: music
Examples
- She finished in sixteenth place in the race.
- The sixteenth century was a time of great exploration.
- Cut the pizza into sixteenths so everyone gets a small piece.
- One sixteenth of the inheritance went to each cousin.
- The pianist played rapid sixteenths in the final passage.
- Today is my sixteenth birthday.
- He lives on Sixteenth Street downtown.