sixteenth note
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Sixteenth note — Sixteenth Six teenth , a. [From {Sixteen}: cf. AS. sixte[ o]?a.] 1. Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth. [1913 Webster] 2. Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sixteenth note — n. Music a note having one sixteenth the duration of a whole note: see NOTE … English World dictionary
sixteenth note — sixteenth .note n AmE a musical note which continues for a sixteenth of the length of a ↑whole note British Equivalent: semiquaver … Dictionary of contemporary English
sixteenth note — sixteenth ,note noun count AMERICAN a musical note that continues for the length of one sixteenth of a WHOLE NOTE … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Sixteenth note — Figure 1. A sixteenth note with stem facing up, a sixteenth note with stem facing down, and a sixteenth rest. Figure 2. Four sixteenth … Wikipedia
sixteenth note — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sixteenth note : singular sixteenth note plural sixteenth notes music American a semiquaver … English dictionary
sixteenth note — Semiquaver Sem i*qua ver (s[e^]m [i^]*kw[=a] v[ e]r), n. (Mus.) A note of half the duration of the quaver; now usually called a {sixteenth note}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sixteenth note — noun a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note • Syn: ↑semiquaver • Hypernyms: ↑note, ↑musical note, ↑tone … Useful english dictionary
sixteenth note — six′teenth′ note n. mad a musical note having one sixteenth the time value of a whole note • Etymology: 1860–65 … From formal English to slang
sixteenth note — noun (C) AmE a musical note which continues for a sixteenth of the length of a whole note; semiquaver BrE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
