sixteenth note
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sixteenth note
n. Music
A note having one sixteenth the time value of a whole note.
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sixteenth note
n
(Music, other) music US and Canadian a note having the time value of one-sixteenth of a semibreve. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): semiquaver
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six′teenth′ note`
n.
a musical note having one sixteenth the time value of a whole note.
[1860–65]
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| Noun | 1. | sixteenth note - a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole notemusical note, note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long" |
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sixteenth note - a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note