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Definition of Tenths
1. tenth [n] - See also: tenth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenths
Literary usage of Tenths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1869)
"Pennsylvania : All varieties are subject to leaf blight, sometimes to the extent
of seven-tenths of the foliage, except Concord, Hartford Prolific, ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"Cast-iron pipe of every description, four tenths of one cent per pound. 148.
Cast-iron vessels, plates, stove plates and irons, ..."
3. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1921)
"In cases of adenoma with hyperthy- roidism the duration of the goiter in men is
thirteen and three- tenths years, while in women it is eighteen and ..."
4. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"tenths, and fifteenths,1 were temporary aids issuing out of personal property,
... tenths are said to have been first granted under Henry the Second, ..."
5. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1898)
"Five milliamperes for five minutes; advanced six-tenths. Electrolysis to left side
... Three milliamperes for four minutes ; catheter advanced four-tenths. ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"He estimates how many tenths of the interval between the beats of the clock had
elapsed when the star disappeared, and records the hours, minutes, ..."
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