Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Coming next after the fifteenth in position: Used to describe the item in a sequence that follows the fifteenth item. It indicates the ordinal number for 16.
   • Constituting one of sixteen equal parts: Describing a fraction equal to one part out of sixteen.

2. Noun:

   • One part in sixteen equal parts: A fraction representing 1/16 of a whole.
   • Position 16 in a countable series of things: The place or rank identified by the number sixteen in an ordered list.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:

  • This is the sixteenth edition of the dictionary. (This is the edition that comes after the fifteenth one.)
  • She owns a sixteenth share of the company. (She owns one part out of sixteen equal parts of the company.)

• Noun:

  • An inch is divided into sixteenths. (An inch is split into sixteen equal parts; each part is a sixteenth.)
  • He finished in sixteenth place in the race. (His position in the race was number sixteen.)

Advanced Usage

• "A sixteenth of a second": An extremely short period of time, often used in precise timing.
  • The photo was taken with a shutter speed of one sixteenth of a second.
• "The sixteenth century": Referring to the years from 1501 to 1600 AD.
  • Shakespeare wrote many of his plays in the late sixteenth century.

Variants and Related Words

• Sixteen (noun, cardinal number): The number equivalent to the sum of ten and six (16).
  • There are sixteen ounces in a pound.
• Sixteenthly (adverb, rare): Used to introduce the sixteenth point in a list.
  • Sixteenthly, we must consider the long-term impact.
• Sixteenth note (noun, music): A note having one-sixteenth the time value of a whole note.
  • The melody is full of fast sixteenth notes.

Synonyms

• 16th (adj, n): The abbreviated form.
• Ordinal number for sixteen (n): Formal description.

Related Phrases

• Sweet sixteenth: A term for a girl's sixteenth birthday party, often celebrated as a significant coming-of-age event in some cultures.
  • Her parents threw her a lavish sweet sixteenth party.

Adjective

1. coming next after the fifteenth in position

Noun

1. one part in sixteen equal parts
2. position 16 in a countable series of things