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Noun: sixteenth note
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: semiquaver)
  1. A musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note
    "The guitarist played a rapid series of sixteenth notes";
    - semiquaver [Brit]

Derived forms: sixteenth notes

Type of: musical note, note, tone

Encyclopedia: Sixteenth note