"tenth" in the noun sense
1. one-tenth, tenth, tenth part, ten percent
a tenth part one part in ten equal parts
2. tenth
position ten in a countable series of things
"tenth" in the adjective sense
1. tenth, 10th
coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position
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