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sixteenth

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sixteen/sɪksˈtiːn/

▶cardinal number equivalent to the product of four and four; one more than fifteen, or six more than ten; 16. (Roman numeral: xvi or XVI)

– derivatives
sixteenth ordinal number.

– origin OE siextīene (see six, -teen).

'sixteenth' also found in these Oxford entries:

anna - fluid ounce - ounce - P - pi - semiquaver - sextodecimo - sixteen - sixteenth note

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