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• n  one part in sixteen equal parts

• Eight different groups of beneficiaries got one-sixteenth shares (about $150 million each): the Mormon church; William Lummis, a cousin in Houston; and a man named Melvin Dummar .
• Their palms were covered with great ulcers, about one-half inch in diameter, one-sixteenth to one-eighth inch deep; the margins were irregular in outline and thickened.
• Usually the fractions go no smaller than one-eighth or one-sixteenth, but at one day's sales in Miami last week the bidding grew so hot that prices spiraled dizzily downward to .

• sixteenth
• sixteenth part

News & Articles

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• Dense fog shrouds Houston's early morning commute
  Officials caution motorists in foggy areas to drive slowly and to use low-beam headlights. Early Monday, visibility at Bush Intercontinental Airport was one-eighth of a mile while at Hobby Airport visibility dropped to one-sixteenth of a mile, said Josh Lichter, a weather service meteorologist.
  Feb. 10, 2014 - Houston Chronicle
• Vladimir Putin's fun day at the Sochi Games, including an amazing selfie (Photos)
  These Sochi Olympics are Vladimir Putin's party, and Sunday he spent the day watching the action, hanging with some athletes and mingling with the masses. He even posed in a wonderful selfie with a little kid and one-sixteenth of a lady's face. He looked so thrilled.
  Feb. 9, 2014 - Fourth-Place Medal via Yahoo! Sports