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tenth
/tɛnθ/
noun
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.
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.
verb
To divide by ten, into tenths.
adjective
The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.
Being one of ten equal parts of a whole.
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