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Definition of Tenth
1. Adjective. Coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position.
2. Noun. A tenth part; one part in ten equal parts.
Generic synonyms: Common Fraction, Simple Fraction
3. Noun. Position ten in a countable series of things.
Definition of Tenth
1. a. Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.
2. n. The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.
Definition of Tenth
1. Adjective. The ordinal form of the number ten. ¹
2. Noun. The person or thing in the tenth position. ¹
3. Noun. One of ten equal parts of a whole. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tenth
1. one of ten equal parts [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenth
Literary usage of Tenth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages: Der Wendepunkt der Renaissance by Woldemar von Seidlitz, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton (1903)
"WE dedicate the last chapter of this book to the Want of survey of intellectual
culture in the tenth century, and shall close it with a glance at the ..."
2. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1897)
"The following is a complete catalogue of books belonging to the library: tenth
CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES. 1. tenth Census of the US, 1880, Vol. 4. ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1827)
"Nine days are allowed for the obsequies of the deceased pope, and the arrival of
the absent cardinals: on the tenth, they are imprisoned, each with one ..."
4. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"But e'er the tenth revolving day was run, ... On the tenth day a council is held
to inquire why the Gods were angry ? ..."
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