tenth

num. the person or thing that comes after the ninth.

num. the ordinal number matching the number ten in a series.

“This is the tenth time I have tried to call them today.”

“The runner collapsed shortly after crossing the finish line in tenth place, exhausted by the final sprint.”

n. one of ten equal parts of something.

n. one of ten equal parts into which a whole is or may be divided.

“A millimeter is one tenth of a centimeter.”

“The survey revealed that only one tenth of the local population was aware of the proposed changes to the zoning laws.”

n. a musical note that is ten steps away from another note.

n. the interval between a given tone and the tenth degree of the staff above it, equivalent to an octave plus a third.

“The pianist had large hands and could easily reach a tenth.”

“The composer frequently employed tenths in the left-hand accompaniment to create a rich, resonant harmonic foundation.”

Technical

n. a tax from a long time ago where people gave ten percent of what they owned to the king.

n. a historical tax or subsidy consisting of one tenth of a subject's movable goods or personal property.

“In the past, the king demanded a tenth of all property to pay for the war.”

“The crown relied on the collection of tenths and fifteenths to finance military expeditions during the fourteenth century.”

Archaic · British English

v. to divide something into ten parts.

v. to divide a whole into ten equal portions or to reduce by a factor of ten.

“The scientist had to tenth the solution to get the right concentration.”

“The data was tenthed to simplify the visual representation of the massive dataset for the final report.”

Technical