sixty-fourth

sixty-fourth
noun
one part in sixty-four equal parts
• Syn: ↑one-sixty-fourth
• Hypernyms: ↑common fraction, ↑simple fraction
adjective
the ordinal number of sixty-four in counting order
• Syn: ↑64th
• Similar to: ↑ordinal

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
1. : being number 64 in a countable series

the sixty-fourth day

— see number table
2. : being one of 64 equal parts into which something is divisible

a sixty-fourth share of the money

II. noun
1. : number 64 in a countable series
2. : the quotient of a unit divided by 64 : one of 64 equal parts of something

one sixty-fourth of the total

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/siks"tee fawrth", -fohrth"/, adj.
1. next after the sixty-third; being the ordinal number for 64.
2. being one of 64 equal parts.
n.
3. a sixty-fourth part, esp. of one (1/64).
4. the sixty-fourth member of a series.

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  • Sixty-fourth — Six ty fourth , a. Constituting or being one of sixty four equal parts into which a thing is divided. [1913 Webster] {Sixty fourth note} (Mus.), the sixty fourth part of a whole note; a hemi demi semiquaver. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sixty-fourth — /siks tee fawrth , fohrth /, adj. 1. next after the sixty third; being the ordinal number for 64. 2. being one of 64 equal parts. n. 3. a sixty fourth part, esp. of one (1/64). 4. the sixty fourth member of a series. * * * …   Universalium

  • sixty-fourth — noun One of sixty four equal parts of a whole. A sixty fourth of 1280 is 20 …   Wiktionary

  • Sixty-fourth note — Sixty fourth Six ty fourth , a. Constituting or being one of sixty four equal parts into which a thing is divided. [1913 Webster] {Sixty fourth note} (Mus.), the sixty fourth part of a whole note; a hemi demi semiquaver. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sixty-fourth note — [siks′tēfôrth′] n. Music a note having one sixty fourth the duration of a whole note: see NOTE …   English World dictionary

  • Sixty-fourth note — In music notation, a sixty fourth note (American) or hemidemisemiquaver (British) is a note played for 1/64 of the duration of a whole note (or semibreve). It lasts half as long as a thirty second note (or demisemiquaver). Sixty fourth notes are… …   Wikipedia

  • sixty-fourth rest — noun : a musical rest corresponding in time value to the sixty fourth note * * * Music. a rest equal in time value to a sixty fourth note. See illus. under rest. [1920 25] * * * sixty fourth rest, Music. a rest as long as a sixty fourth note …   Useful english dictionary

  • sixty-fourth note — six′ty fourth′ note n. mad a musical note having one sixty fourth the time value of a whole note • Etymology: 1885–90 …   From formal English to slang

  • sixty-fourth rest — six′ty fourth′ rest n. mus mad a rest equal in time value to a sixty fourth note • Etymology: 1920–25 …   From formal English to slang

  • sixty-fourth rest — noun Date: circa 1903 a musical rest corresponding in time value to a sixty fourth note …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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