Tenth

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Adverb

CIDE DICTIONARY

Tenth, a. [From Ten: cf. OE. tethe, AS. teóa. See Ten, and cf. Tithe.].

•  Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.  [1913 Webster]
•  Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.  [1913 Webster]

Tenth, n. 

•  The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.  [1913 Webster]
•  The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.  [1913 Webster]
•  The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  Burrill.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Tenth, n. & adj.
--n.
1 the position in a sequence corresponding to the number 10 in the sequence 1-10.
2 something occupying this position.
3 one of ten equal parts of a thing.
4 Mus. a an interval or chord spanning an octave and a third in the diatonic scale. b a note separated from another by this interval.
--adj. that is the tenth.

Idiom

tenth-rate of extremely poor quality.

Derivative

tenthly adv.

Etymology

ME tenthe, alt. of OE teogotha

ROGET THESAURUS

Tenth

Five

N five, five, cinque, quint, quincux, six, half-a- dozen, half dozen, seven, eight, nine, three times three, dicker, ten, decade, eleven, twelve, dozen, thirteen, long dozen, baker's dozen, quintuplet, twenty, score, twenty-four, four and twenty, two dozen, twenty-five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred, forty, two score, fifty, half a hundred, sixty, three score, seventy, three score and ten, eighty, four score, ninety, fourscore and ten, sestiad, hundred, centenary, hecatomb, century, hundredweight, cwt, one hundred and forty-four, gross, thousand, chiliad, millennium, thousand years, grand, myriad, ten thousand, ban, man, ten thousand years, banzai, lac, one hundred thousand, plum, million, thousand million, milliard, billion, trillion, five, quinary, quintuple, fifth, senary, sextuple, sixth, seventh, septuple, octuple, eighth, ninefold, ninth, tenfold, decimal, denary, decuple, tenth, eleventh, duodenary, duodenal, twelfth, in one's 'teens, thirteenth, vicesimal, vigesimal, twentieth, twenty-fourth, vicenary, vicennial, centuple, centuplicate, centennial, centenary, centurial, secular, hundredth, thousandth.

Quinquesection

N quinquesection, &c, division by five, quinquesection, decimation, fifth, quinquefid, quinquelateral, quinquepartite, quinqevalent, pentavalent, quinquarticular, octifid, decimal, tenth, tithe, duodecimal, twelfth, sexagesimal, sexagenary, hundredth, centesimal, millesimal.