Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sixteen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sixteen \Six"teen`\, a. [AS. sixt?ne, sixt?ne. See {Six}, and
{Ten}, and cf. {Sixty}.]
Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sixteen \Six"teen`\, n.
1. The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten
and six; sixteen units or objects.
2. A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sixteen
adj : being one more than fifteen [syn: {16}, {xvi}]
n : the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one [syn:
{16}, {XVI}]
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