/tenth/ , adj.
1. next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
2. being one of ten equal parts.
n.
3. one of ten equal parts, esp. of one ( 1 / 10 ).
4. the member of a series preceding the eleventh and following the ninth.
5. Music.
a. a tone distant from another tone by an interval of an octave and a third.
b. the interval between such tones.
c. the harmonic combination of such tones.
6. Also called tenth's place . (in decimal notation) the position of the first digit to the right of the decimal point.
adv.
7. in the tenth place; tenthly.
[ bef. 1150; ME tenthe, OE. See TEN, -TH 2 , TITHE ]