tenth

[ tenth ]

/ tɛnθ /

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adjective

next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.

being one of ten equal parts.

noun

one of ten equal parts, especially of one (1/10).

the member of a series preceding the eleventh and following the ninth.

Music.

a tone distant from another tone by an interval of an octave and a third.
the interval between such tones.
the harmonic combination of such tones.

Also called tenth's place . (in decimal notation) the position of the first digit to the right of the decimal point.

adverb

in the tenth place; tenthly.

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Origin of tenth

before 1150; Middle English tenthe, Old English. See ten, -th², tithe

Words nearby tenth

tented, tenter, tenterhook, tenterhooks, tent fly, tenth, Tenth Amendment, Tenth Commandment, tenthly, tentie, tentmaker

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How to use tenth in a sentence

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In 2014 only a tenth as many tourists came as had come the year before.
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The amount of the other purin bodies together is about one-tenth that of uric acid.
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But while the tenth man still labors, the machine, though creaking with its dislocation, can still go on.
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I noticed that you had set her crying again, Lucy, for about the tenth time to-day.
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It was a good supper, and, in the highest of spirits, nine of the guerrillas sat down; the tenth was on guard.
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On the tenth of the said month it was washed, and a small grain of gold was obtained that weighed one-half real.
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British Dictionary definitions for tenth

tenth

/ (tɛnθ) /

adjective

(usually prenominal)

coming after the ninth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of ten: often written 10th
(as noun)see you on the tenth; tenth in line

noun

one of 10 approximately equal parts of something
(as modifier)a tenth part

one of 10 equal divisions of a particular measurement, etcdecibel Related prefix: deci-

the fraction equal to one divided by ten (1/10)

music

an interval of one octave plus a third
one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other

adverb

Also: tenthly after the ninth person, position, event, etc

sentence connector

Also: tenthly as the 10th point: linking what follows with the previous statements, as in a speech or argument

Word Origin for tenth

C12 tenthe, from Old English tēotha; see ten, -th ²

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