tenth

[ tenth ]

adjective
  1. next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.

  2. being one of ten equal parts.

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

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

  1. 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.

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

adverb
  1. in the tenth place; tenthly.

Origin of tenth

1
before 1150; Middle English tenthe, Old English. See ten, -th2, tithe

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British Dictionary definitions for tenth

tenth

/ (tɛnθ) /


adjective
  1. (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

  1. one of 10 equal divisions of a particular measurement, etc: decibel Related prefix: deci-

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

  2. music

    • an interval of one octave plus a third

    • one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other

adverb
  1. Also: tenthly after the ninth person, position, event, etc

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

Origin of tenth

1
C12 tenthe, from Old English tēotha; see ten, -th ²

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