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tenths

The correct spelling is tenths.

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noun

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The correct spelling is tenths. The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position.

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noun

  1. 1.The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position.
  2. 2.One of ten equal parts of a whole.
  3. 3.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.
  4. 4.(in the plural) 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.

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