tenth has definitions from the field of mathematics
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[ adjective ] coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position

Synonyms

10th

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

April 10 marked a memorable date in New_York 's musical history - indeed in the musical history of the entire eastern United_States .

(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)

The trial was held September 10 .

Related terms

ordinal

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[ noun ] (mathematics) a tenth part; one part in ten

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

She snapped five tenths of a second off the mark set by Helen_Shipley , of Wellsley_College , in the National_A.A.U. meet in Columbus , Ohio .

Related terms

common_fraction

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[ noun ] position ten in a countable series of things

Related terms

rank

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