What does Sixteenth mean?

Definitions for Sixteenth
ˈsɪksˈtinθsix·teenth

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sixteenthnoun

    position 16 in a countable series of things

  2. one-sixteenth, sixteenth, sixteenth partadjective

    one part in sixteen equal parts

  3. sixteenth, 16thadjective

    coming next after the fifteenth in position

Wiktionary

  1. sixteenthnoun

    One of sixteen equal parts of a whole.

    A sixteenth of 320 is 20.

  2. sixteenthnumeral

    The ordinal form of the number sixteen.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sixteenthadjective

    The sixth after the tenth; the ordinal of sixteen.

    Etymology: sixteoþa , Saxon.

    The first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the sixteenth to Immer. 1 Chron. xxiv. 14.

Wikipedia

  1. sixteenth

    The 16th century begins with the Julian year 1501 (MDI) and ends with either the Julian or the Gregorian year 1600 (MDC) (depending on the reckoning used; the Gregorian calendar introduced a lapse of 10 days in October 1582).The 16th century is regarded by historians as the century which saw the rise of Western civilization and the Islamic gunpowder empires. The Renaissance in Italy and Europe saw the emergence of important artists, authors and scientists, and led to the foundation of important subjects which include accounting and political science. Copernicus proposed the heliocentric universe, which was met with strong resistance, and Tycho Brahe refuted the theory of celestial spheres through observational measurement of the 1572 appearance of a Milky Way supernova. These events directly challenged the long-held notion of an immutable universe supported by Ptolemy and Aristotle, and led to major revolutions in astronomy and science. Galileo Galilei became a champion of the new sciences, invented the first thermometer and made substantial contributions in the fields of physics and astronomy, becoming a major figure in the Scientific Revolution. Spain and Portugal colonized large parts of Central and South America, followed by France and England in Northern America and the Lesser Antilles. The Portuguese became the masters of trade between Brazil, the coasts of Africa, and their possessions in the Indies, whereas the Spanish came to dominate the Greater Antilles, Mexico, Peru, and opened trade across the Pacific Ocean, linking the Americas with the Indies. English and French privateers began to practice persistent theft of Spanish and Portuguese treasures. This era of colonialism established mercantilism as the leading school of economic thought, where the economic system was viewed as a zero-sum game in which any gain by one party required a loss by another. The mercantilist doctrine encouraged the many intra-European wars of the period and arguably fueled European expansion and imperialism throughout the world until the 19th century or early 20th century. The Reformation in central and northern Europe gave a major blow to the authority of the papacy and the Catholic Church. In England, the British-Italian Alberico Gentili wrote the first book on public international law and divided secularism from canon law and Catholic theology. European politics became dominated by religious conflicts, with the groundwork for the epochal Thirty Years' War being laid towards the end of the century. In the Middle East, the Ottoman Empire continued to expand, with the Sultan taking the title of Caliph, while dealing with a resurgent Persia. Iran and Iraq were caught by a major popularity of the Shia sect of Islam under the rule of the Safavid dynasty of warrior-mystics, providing grounds for a Persia independent of the majority-Sunni Muslim world. In the Indian subcontinent, following the defeat of the Delhi Sultanate and Vijayanagara Empire, new powers emerged, the Sur Empire founded by Sher Shah Suri, Deccan sultanates, and the Mughal Empire by Emperor Babur, a direct descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan. His successors Humayun and Akbar, enlarged the empire to include most of South Asia. The empire developed a strong and stable economy in the world, leading to commercial expansion and greater patronage of culture, which significantly influenced the course of Indian history. Japan suffered a severe civil war at this time, known as the Sengoku period, and emerged from it as a unified nation. China was ruled by the Ming dynasty and came into conflict with Japan and Japanese piracy over the control of Korea.

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  1. sixteenth

    1) As a fraction, a sixteenth refers to one part of something that has been divided into 16 equal parts. 2) As an ordinal number, sixteenth refers to the position of something in an ordered sequence, after the fifteenth and before the seventeenth. 3) In music, a sixteenth note represents a note that is a sixteenth of the length of a whole note or half the duration of an eighth note. 4) A sixteenth can also refer to a specific date in a month, the 16th day. 5) As a term related to time, a sixteenth refers to a quarter of a quarter-hour, or specifically, 3 minutes and 45 seconds.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sixteenthadjective

    sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth

  2. Sixteenthadjective

    constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided

  3. Sixteenthnoun

    the quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole

  4. Sixteenthnoun

    the next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth

  5. Sixteenthnoun

    an interval comprising two octaves and a second

  6. Etymology: [From Sixteen: cf. AS. sixtea.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sixteenth in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sixteenth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Sixteenth in a Sentence

  1. Carenza Lewis:

    This new research offers a novel solution to that evidential challenge, using finds of pottery – a highly durable indicator of human presence - as a proxy for population change in a manner that is both scalable and replicable, it shows that pottery use fell by almost a half in eastern England in the centuries immediately after the Black Death. This supports the emerging consensus that the population of England remained somewhere between 35 and 55 per cent below its pre-Black Death level well into the sixteenth century.

  2. Randall Woodfin:

    When he tragically lost his daughter Denise in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963, his courage and fortitude fueled our march for peace, may we take comfort in knowing that Chris has reunited with his beloved Denise.

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