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tenth |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tenth \Tenth\, a. [From {Ten}: cf OE tethe, AS te['o]?a. See {Ten}, and cf {Tithe}.] 1. Next in order after the ninth coming after nine others 2. Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tenth \Tenth\, n. 1. The next in order after the ninth one coming after nine others 2. The quotient of a unit divided by ten one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided. 3. The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like a tithe. --Shak. 4. (Mus.) 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 5. pl (Eng. Law) a 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. b (Eccl. Law) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tenth adj : coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position [syn: {10th}] n 1: a tenth part [syn: {one-tenth}, {tenth part}, {ten percent}] 2: position ten in a countable series of things
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