Name for 1/16 of something - Page 1
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author: Chris Mr
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2021, 04:52:34 pm
content: Hi,After endless googling and head scratching, asking as many people as I can find, I haven't found the name (if there is one) for 1/16th of something.If you have quarters the name is a quadrant, 8 is octant, so what's 16?Of course, there might not be one, in which case any ideas for names would be appreciated!I wondered about Hexarant, but it kind of infers six (from hexagon) as would hextant.Sixteenth is going to be ambiguous in terms of everything else it has to fit with.All suggestions gratefully received

author: Syntax Error
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2021, 04:57:00 pm
content: An Ounce is 1/16Maybe "Seizant" from the French for 16

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2021, 04:58:24 pm
content: My vote goes to "hexadecant". The term is mildly popular in chemistry, it seems.

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2021, 05:47:09 pm
content: A teenth

author: JohnnyMalaria
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2021, 06:19:56 pm
content: Borrowing from British music notation, semihemidemisemi.

author: Benta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2021, 06:56:58 pm
content: Learn decimal.Everything over a quarter is a waste of time.

author: SilverSolder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2021, 07:05:25 pm
content: Quote from: Benta on February 05, 2021, 06:56:58 pmPlease express 1/3 in decimal, to the same precision!

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2021, 07:24:20 pm
content: Easy, I'll even write it in fewer digits:.̅3Which may or may not look right, depending on what font you're viewing it in, etc.Tim

author: SilverSolder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2021, 07:29:37 pm
content: Quote from: T3sl4co1l on February 05, 2021, 07:24:20 pmIt looks like a fraction where you forgot to put in the numerator!

author: Benta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2021, 08:01:06 pm
content: Quote from: SilverSolder on February 05, 2021, 07:05:25 pm1/3 has a denominator less than 1/4. Apart from that, who cares? Try machining something to the 30th decimal.

author: Tomorokoshi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2021, 08:09:52 pm
content: Half a bit?

author: SilverSolder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2021, 08:10:46 pm
content: Quote from: Benta on February 05, 2021, 08:01:06 pmI thought that was what German apprentices had to do with hand tools, before they are allowed anywhere near precision machinery?

author: Tomorokoshi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2021, 08:11:43 pm
content: 十六の一"One of sixteen"Almost sounds like a Borg designation!

author: Tomorokoshi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2021, 08:12:45 pm
content: Quote from: Benta on February 05, 2021, 08:01:06 pmSometimes when doing tile work I grind them to 1/2 of 1/32.

author: Homer J Simpson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2021, 08:47:28 pm
content: .0625