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n.
  1. The ordinal number matching the number ten in a series.
  2. One of ten equal parts.

[Middle English tenthe, alteration of tethe, from Old English tēotha. See tithe.]

tenth tenth adv. & adj.

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length Vernacularly, a tenth of any implied unit; see also tenth gram.

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IN BRIEF: The last of ten things. Also, 1/10.

pronunciation Mike was the tenth person in line.

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Tenth can mean:

In mathematics:

  • 10th, an ordinal number; as in the item in an order ten places from the beginning, following the ninth and preceding the eleventh.
  • 1/10, a fraction, one part of a unit divided equally into ten parts. It is written 0.1 in decimal notation.

Music

  • The note ten scale degrees from the root (current note, in a chord).
    • The interval (music) (that is, gap) between the root and the tenth note.
    • The chord (music) created by the root and the tenth (note), a compound third; an octave (seven scale degrees) plus a third.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tiende, tiendedel

Nederlands (Dutch)
tiende (deel)

Français (French)
n. - dixième, dix, (Mus) dixième
adj. - dixième
adv. - dixième, en dixième position

Deutsch (German)
n. - Dezime, Zehnter, Zehnte
adj. - zehnt
adv. - zehntens

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δέκατο
num. - δέκατο(ς)
adj., -
adv. - δέκατος

Italiano (Italian)
decima, decimo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - décimo (m)
num. - décimo (ordinal)
adj. - décimo
adv. - em décimo lugar

Русский (Russian)
десятая доля чего-л., десятый/ая

Español (Spanish)
n. - décima, décimo
adj. - décima, décimo
adv. - décima, décimo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tionde, tiondel
num. - tionde
adj. - tionde
adv. - tionde

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
第十, 十分之一, 月的第十日

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 第十, 十分之一, 月的第十日

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 제10, 10분의 1, 운량 단위 기수

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 第10の, 10番目の, 10分の1の
n. - 10日, 10番目, 10分の1

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألعاشر (عدد) عشرة (صفه) عشري (ظرف) ألعشر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עשירי, עשירית, מעשר‬

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