sixty-fourth

Thân thiện

A student shades one sixty-fourth of a large square on a math worksheet.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • One sixty-fourth: One part of something that has been divided into sixty-four equal parts; the fraction 1/64.

2. Adjective:

   • Sixty-fourth: Constituting number sixty-four in a sequence; the ordinal form of the number 64.

Examples

• Noun:

  • He inherited a sixty-fourth of the estate. (He received a share equal to one part out of sixty-four equal parts of the property.)
  • The recipe calls for a sixty-fourth of a teaspoon of the spice. (The recipe requires an extremely small amount, precisely 1/64 of a teaspoon.)

• Adjective:

  • This is my sixty-fourth birthday. (This is the birthday celebrating my 64th year of life.)
  • She finished in sixty-fourth place in the marathon. (Her position in the race was number 64.)

Advanced Usage

• In music, a sixty-fourth note (or hemidemisemiquaver) is a note with a very short duration, equal to half of a thirty-second note.
  • The complex passage was filled with sixty-fourth notes.

Variants and Related Words

• 64th: The numerical abbreviation for "sixty-fourth."
• Ordinal number: The class of numbers (like first, second, third, sixty-fourth) that denote position in a sequence.

Synonyms

• Adjective: 64th.
• Noun: (none that are exact; described as "one part in sixty-four").

Related Phrases

• Sixty-fourth note: (Music) A note with the time value of half a thirty-second note.
• Sixty-fourth rest: (Music) A rest of corresponding duration to a sixty-fourth note.

Học thuật

Noun

1. one part in sixty-four equal parts

Adjective

1. the ordinal number of sixty-four in counting order

Từ đồng nghĩa

• one-sixty-fourth
• 64th