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one-sixteenth

NOUN
  1. one part in sixteen equal parts

How To Use one-sixteenth In A Sentence

  • Carbide of 1 inch mesh and above shall not contain more than 5 per cent. of dust, such dust to be defined as carbide capable of passing through a mesh of one-sixteenth of an inch. Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use
  • The fuel cells in the tanker are made of nylon fabric less than one-sixteenth of an inch thick.
  • The psyllid is a small, brownish, aphid-like insect, one-eighth to one-sixteenth of an inch in length. AroundTheCapitol.com
  • In the scalding flame, Wesley remembered his brother, curly haired and anxious, slapping a twenty-dollar bill into his hand for a teener—one-sixteenth of an ounce of some of the best crank Wesley had ever come across. FIRST DAY August Blog Tour: FULL TILT by Creston Mapes
  • One-eighth and one-sixteenth Hawaiian were they, which meant that seven-eighths or fifteen-sixteenths white blood informed that skin yet failed to obliterate the modicum of golden tawny brown of Polynesia. ON THE MAKALOA MAT
  • The solid angle in question is only p / 4 steradian, one-sixteenth of the entire sky.
  • The vulcanization of thin articles from one twenty-fifth to one-sixteenth inch thick, is done by Parkes 'patented process, that is, dipping it in carbon disulphide for a short time, to which chloride or bromide of sulphur has been added, and when the solvent has evaporated the sulphur remains behind. Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883
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