tenth
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noun
3.
one of ten equal parts, especially of one ( 1 / 10 ).
4.
the member of a series preceding the eleventh and following the ninth.
5.
Music.
a.
a tone distant from another tone by an interval of an octave and a third.
b.
the interval between such tones.
c.
the harmonic combination of such tones.
6.
Also called tenth's place. (in decimal notation) the position of the first digit to the right of the decimal point.
00:10
Tenth
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adverb
7.
in the tenth place; tenthly.
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tenth (tɛnθ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (usually prenominal) |
| a. coming after the ninth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of ten: often written 10th | |
| b. (as noun): see you on the tenth; tenth in line | |
| —n | |
| 2. | a. one of 10 approximately equal parts of something |
| b. (as modifier): a tenth part | |
| 3. | one of 10 equal divisions of a particular measurement, etc: decibel Related: deci- |
| 4. | the fraction equal to one divided by ten (1/10) |
| 5. | music |
| a. an interval of one octave plus a third | |
| b. one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other | |
| —adv | |
| 6. | Also: tenthly after the ninth person, position, event, etc |
| —sentence connector | |
| 7. | Also: tenthly as the 10th point: linking what follows with the previous statements, as in a speech or argument |
| Related: deci- | |
| [C12 tenthe, from Old English tēotha; see | |
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Example sentences
He expects it to handle around one-tenth of the funds that return.
They then cooled the system down to temperatures below one-tenth of a kelvin.
Oddly enough, a half-moon is only one-tenth as bright as a full moon.
In effect, this means that tall people are living in the past, if only by a tenth of a second.
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