TENS

Noun

tens

plural of ten

tens pl (plural only)

(poker slang) A pair of tens.

The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The teens, the oneties.

Anagrams

• ENTs, NEST, Sten, ents, nest, nets, sent, sent., snet

Noun

TENS (uncountable)

Initialism of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation.

Anagrams

• ENTs, NEST, Sten, ents, nest, nets, sent, sent., snet

Source: Wiktionary


TEN

Ten, a. Etym: [AS. ten, tién, t, tene; akin to OFries. tian, OS. tehan, D. tien, G. zehn, OHG. zehan, Icel. tiu, Sw. tio, Dan. ti, Goth. taíhun, Lith. deszimt, Russ. desiate, W. deg, Ir. & Gael. deich, L. decem, Gr. daçan. *308. Cf. Dean, Decade, Decimal, December, Eighteen, Eighty, Teens, Tithe.]

Definition: One more than nine; twice five. With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea. Dryden.

Note: Ten is often used, indefinitely, for several, many, and other like words. There 's proud modesty in merit, Averse from begging, and resolved to pay Ten times the gift it asks. Dryden.

Ten, n.

1. The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects. I will not destroy it for ten's sake. Gen. xviii. 32.

2. A symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or X.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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