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Definition of: tenth
(tenth) adjective
1. Next in order after the ninth.
2. Designating one of ten equal parts.
—noun
1. One of ten equal parts.
2. Music An interval compounded of an octave and a third; a note separated from another by this interval.
3. An organ stop tuned a tenth above the diapasons.
4. A tax of one tenth of one's income; a tithe. [ME tenthe]
—tenth′ly adverb
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