sixteenth — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. The ordinal form of the number sixteen.

   Examples

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   […] a pair of pauldrons with the light horizontal bar which in later years developed into the high neckguard of the sixteenth century; numbers of gauntlets, visors of helmets, and other pieces, the handling of which is a sheer joy […]

Noun

1. One of sixteen equal parts of a whole.

   Examples

   A sixteenth of 320 is 20.

Adjective

1. coming next after the fifteenth in position

   Synonyms

   16th

Noun

1. position 16 in a countable series of things

   Broader terms

   rank

2. one part in sixteen equal parts

   Synonyms

   one-sixteenthsixteenth part

   Broader terms

   common fractionsimple fraction