| 释义 |
six·teenth
I. \(ˈ)sik|stēn(t)th\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English sixtenthe, alteration (influenced by sixtene sixteen) of sixtethe, from Old English sixtēotha (akin to Middle High German sehzehende, Old Norse sextāndi) from sixtȳne sixteen + -otha, -tha -th
1. : being number 16 in a countable series
< the sixteenth day >
— see number table
2. : being one of 16 equal parts into which something is divisible
< a sixteenth share of the money >
II. noun
(plural sixteenths \-n(t)s, -n(t)ths\)
1. : number 16 in a countable series
< the sixteenth of the month >
2. : the quotient of a unit divided by 16 : one of 16 equal parts of something
< one sixteenth of the total >
3.
a. : a musical interval comprising two octaves and a second
b. : sixteenth note |