sixteenth
adjective
next after the fifteenth; being the ordinal number for 16.
sixteenths
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pluralof sixteenth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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So you would divide your portfolio into sixteenths and spend one of them this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The Preakness distance is 1 3-16 miles, a sixteenth of a mile shorter than the Kentucky Derby, and five sixteenths shorter than the 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes, called the Test of the Champion.
From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2013
The 2001 switch to decimal share pricing, from sixteenths of a dollar, allowed any firm willing to sell for a penny less than the best available price to step in and make the trade.
From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 10, 2011
One yellow and grey painting has a pattern of grids, some of which are quartered, some cut to sixteenths, and so on.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then she copied the list onto a piece of loose-leaf paper and folded it in half, then in quarters, then in eighths, then in sixteenths.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
