sixteenth note

sixteenth note

n. Music A note having one sixteenth the time value of a whole note.

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

six′teenth′ note`

n. a musical note having one sixteenth the time value of a whole note. [1860–65]

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sixteenth note - a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole notesemiquavermusical note, note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"