tenth
[tenth]
/tɛnθ/
adjective
1.
next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
2.
being one of ten equal parts.
noun
3.
one of ten equal parts, especially of one (1/10).
4.
the member of a series preceding the eleventh and following the ninth.
5.
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.
6.
Also called
tenth's place
. (in decimal notation) the position of the first digit to the right of the decimal point.
adverb
7.
in the tenth place;
tenthly
.
Origin
before 1150;
Middle English
tenthe,
Old English. See
ten
,
-th
2
,
tithe
Examples from the web for
tenth
The clouded leopards are making a quick rise in the ranks, climbing from
tenth
to fourth in two days.
Radio broadcasting is celebrating its
tenth
anniversary this week.
He is currently about to be elected to his
tenth
term, something that is not exceptional in this small place.
The real fact is that this is not the first, the
tenth
, the hundredth major scandal involving intercollegiate sports.
Deaths resulting from alcohol-related motor-vehicle accidents are one-
tenth
the average for same-age peer groups.
They should have went to a community college, spent a
tenth
of the money and came out with a marketable degree.
Most faculty use about a
tenth
of the available technology resources, mostly out of apathy.
For an economy that relies on tourism for nearly a
tenth
of its income, the gruesome headlines are painful.
Two astronomers claim to have found evidence of a
tenth
planet orbiting the sun.
Developing-country workers who are paid a
tenth
of rich-country wages usually turn out to be about a
tenth
as productive as well.
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
2.
one of 10 approximately equal parts of something
(
as modifier
):
a tenth part
3.
one of 10 equal divisions of a particular measurement, etc:
decibel,
related
prefix
deci-
4.
the fraction equal to one divided by ten (
1/10
)
5.
(
music
)
an interval of one octave plus a third
one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other
adverb
6.
Also
tenthly.
after the ninth person, position, event, etc
sentence connector
7.
Also
tenthly.
as the 10th point: linking what follows with the previous statements, as in a speech or argument
Word Origin
C12
tenthe,
from Old English
tēotha;
see
ten
,
-th
²
Word Origin and History for
tenth
mid-12c.,
tenðe
; see
ten
+
-th
(1). Replacing Old English
teoða
(West Saxon),
teiða
(Northumbrian).