sixteenths
Saysiks-TEENTHS/ˌsɪksˈtiːnθs/
- 1Plural of sixteenth.
Machinists often measure parts in sixteenths of an inch for precision.
The drummer filled the bar with fast, even sixteenths.
Note
Only the fraction takes a plural here. Sixteenth works both as a noun, meaning one of sixteen equal parts, and as the ordinal adjective, and the ordinal never adds -s: the sixteenth floor, the sixteenth century. As a noun it counts like any fraction (three sixteenths, five sixteenths of an inch), with a numeral in front saying how many of those parts are meant.
sixteenths is a form of sixteenth
sixteenth, noun: Any one of sixteen equal parts into which a whole is divided. Full entry
- Forms
- sixteenthsixteenths plural
- Spelling
- sixteenth → sixteenths: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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