TENTH

tenth, th

(adjective) coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position

tenth, one-tenth, tenth part, ten percent

(noun) a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts

tenth

(noun) position ten in a countable series of things

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

tenth (not comparable)

The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.

Being one of ten equal parts of a whole.

Synonyms

• 10th, 10th

• Xth

• tithe (obs.)

• (in epithets) X

Noun

tenth (plural tenths)

The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position.

One of ten equal parts of a whole.

(music) The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.

(UK, legal, historical, in the plural) A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject.

Synonyms

• (one of ten parts): decim, decima, decimate, tithe, titheling, tithing (all obs.)

• (musical interval or note): decima (obs.)

Verb

tenth (third-person singular simple present tenths, present participle tenthing, simple past and past participle tenthed)

To divide by ten, into tenths.

Source: Wiktionary


Tenth, a. Etym: [From Ten: cf. OE. tethe, AS. teó. See Ten, and cf. Tithe.]

1. Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.

2. Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.

Tenth, n.

1. The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.

2. The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.

3. The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe. Shak.

4. (Mus.)

Definition: The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.

5. pl. (Eng. Law) (a) A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject. (b) (Eccl. Law) The tenth part of the annual profit of every living in the kingdom, formerly paid to the pope, but afterward transferred to the crown. It now forms a part of the fund called Queen Anne's Bounty. Burrill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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