Tenth /(tĕnth)/

Tenth

a.
  1. Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.
  2. Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.

Tenth

n.
  1. The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.
  2. The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.
  3. The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe.
  4. 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. (Mus.)
  5. 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. (Eng. Law)