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

Sixteenmo
(Six*teen"mo) n.; pl. Sixteenmos See Sextodecimo.

Sixteenth
(Six"teenth`) a. [From Sixteen: cf. AS. sixteóa.]

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.

Sixteenth
(Six"teenth`), n.

1. The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole.

2. The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth.

3. (Mus.) An interval comprising two octaves and a second. Moore (Encyc. of Music.)

Sixth
(Sixth) a. [From Six: cf. AS. sixta, siexta.]

1. First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.

2. Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided.

Sixth
(Sixth) n.

1. The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.

2. The next in order after the fifth.

3. (Mus.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.

Sixthly
(Sixth"ly), adv. In the sixth place. Bacon.

Sixtieth
(Six"ti*eth) a. [As. sixtiogoða, sixtigoða.]

1. Next in order after the fifty-ninth.

2. Constituting or being one one of sixty equal parts into which anything is divided.

Sixtieth
(Six"ti*eth), n.

1. The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.

2. The next in order after the fifty-ninth; the tenth after the fiftieth.

Sixty
(Six"ty) a. [AS. siextig; akin to G. sechzig, Goth. saíhs tigjus. See Six, Ten, and cf. Sixteen.] Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore.

Sixty
(Six"ty), n.; pl. Sixties

1. The sum of six times ten; sixty units or objects.

2. A symbol representing sixty units, as 60, lx., or LX.