Tenth

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tenth \Tenth\ (t[e^]nth), a. [From {Ten}: cf. OE. tethe, AS.
     te['o][eth]a. See {Ten}, and cf. {Tithe}.]
     1. Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.
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     2. Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which


        anything is divided.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tenth \Tenth\, n.
     1. The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine
        others.
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     2. The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal
        parts into which anything is divided.
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     3. The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the
        like; a tithe. --Shak.
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     4. (Mus.) 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.
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     5. pl. (Eng. Law)
        (a) 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.
        (b) (Eccl. Law) 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.
            --Burrill.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tenth
       adj : coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in
             position [syn: {10th}]
       n 1: a tenth part; one part in ten [syn: {one-tenth}, {tenth part},
             {ten percent}]
       2: position ten in a countable series of things