TENTH

a. n.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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

2.
a.

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

3.
n.

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

4.
n.

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

5.
n.

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

6.
n.

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.
n.

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.


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