Definition of tenth Tenth

/tɛˈnθ/ - [tenth] - tenth

We found 20 definitions of tenth from 6 different sources.

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What does tenth mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: tenths

tenth - position ten in a countable series of things
tenth - a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts
  one-tenth, tenth part, ten percent

Adjective

tenth, tenther, tenthest

tenth - coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position
  10th
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • tenth (Noun)
    The person or thing in the tenth position.
  • tenth (Noun)
    One of ten equal parts of a whole.
  • tenth (Noun)
    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.
  • tenth (Noun)
    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.
  • tenth (Adjective)
    The ordinal form of the number ten.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • tenth (a.)
    Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.
  • tenth (a.)
    Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.
  • tenth (n.)
    The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.
  • tenth (n.)
    The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.
  • tenth (n.)
    The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe.
  • tenth (n.)
    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.
  • tenth (n.)
    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.
  • tenth (n.)
    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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • tenth
    One of 10 equal parts of a whole.
  • tenth
    Which comes after the ninth.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • tenth
    tenth, adj. the last of ten: next in order after the ninth.—n. one of ten equal parts.—adv. Tenth′ly, in the tenth place

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  • tenth, noun, singular of tenths.
  • tenth, adjective, not comparable.

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