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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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