Tenth

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1. Adjective

Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.

2. Adjective

Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.

3. Noun

The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.

4. Noun

The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.

5. Noun

The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe.

6. Noun

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.

7. Noun

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.

8. Noun

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.

9. Noun

a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts
Vocabulary classified under Mathematics

10. Noun

position ten in a countable series of things
Vocabulary classified under Sociology
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