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[syn: sixteenth note, semiquaver]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sixteenth \Six"teenth`\, a. [From Sixteen: cf. AS.
sixte['o]?a.]
1. Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.
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2. Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into
which anything is divided.
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Sixteenth note (Mus.), the sixteenth part of a whole note;
a semiquaver.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sixteenth note
n 1: a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a
whole note [syn: sixteenth note, semiquaver]