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# sixteenth

«sixteenth» in Mova's school dictionary: **number 16 in order** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective, noun (sixteenth, sixteenths)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sixteenth means number 16 in order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteenth/#m1)

2) A sixteenth is one of sixteen equal parts of a whole, written 1/16. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteenth/#m2)

3) The sixteenth century is the period of a hundred years from 1501 to 1600. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteenth/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: an order word or a fraction (1/16), often in inches on a ruler. Music: a sixteenth note (a semiquaver). Everyday: the sixteenth floor, a sixteenth birthday.

### examples

- The board is 3 and 5 sixteenths inches long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteenth/#x1)
- On the sixteenth floor there are 4 flats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteenth/#x2)
- A sixteenth of 32 is 2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteenth/#x3)
- She cut the pie into sixteenths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteenth/#x4)
- His sixteenth birthday party was at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteenth/#x5)
- A ruler in inches shows sixteenths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteenth/#x6)
- Late as they have been collected, some dozen of the tales can be traced back to the sixteenth century, two of them being quoted by Shakespeare himself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteenth/#x7)

### note

Written 16th. As a fraction it means divide by 16: a sixteenth of n = n ÷ 16. Trap: none. Plural «sixteenths» is for fractions.

### In the corpora

- [the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.855/)
- [For the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.897/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sixteenth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteenth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.