Tenth (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
  2. being one of ten equal parts.
noun
  1. one of ten equal parts, especially of one (1/10).
  2. the member of a series preceding the eleventh and following the ninth.
  3. 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.
  4. (in decimal notation) the position of the first digit to the right of the decimal point.
adverb
  1. in the tenth place; tenthly.
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)
noun
    • one of 10 approximately equal parts of something
    • (as modifier)
  1. one of 10 equal divisions of a particular measurement, etc
  2. the fraction equal to one divided by ten (1/10)
  3. music
    • an interval of one octave plus a third
    • one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other
adverb
  1. after the ninth person, position, event, etc
sentence connector
  1. as the 10th point: linking what follows with the previous statements, as in a speech or argument
Tenth (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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