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tenth

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

  2. One of ten equal parts of a whole.

  3. 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.

Synonymsdecima, decim, decima, decimate, tithe, titheling
verb
  1. To divide by ten, into tenths.

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

  2. Being one of ten equal parts of a whole.

Synonyms10th, X, Xth, tithe

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