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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Sixteenth [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.

2. Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided.

Sixteenth [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole.

2. The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth.

3. An interval comprising two octaves and a second.