sixteenth note

noun Music.

a note having one sixteenth of the time value of a whole note; semiquaver.

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Origin of sixteenth note

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby sixteenth note

sixteen, sixteenmo, sixteenpenny, sixteenth, sixteenth amendment, sixteenth note, sixteenth rest, sixth, sixth amendment, sixth chord, sixth column
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British Dictionary definitions for sixteenth note

sixteenth note

noun

US and Canadian music a note having the time value of one-sixteenth of a semibreveAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): semiquaver
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