| 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. | |
| 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. | (Mus.) 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. | |
| 5. | (Eng. Law) 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. |
| Noun | 1. | tenth - a tenth part; one part in ten |
| 2. | tenth - position ten in a countable series of things | |
| Adj. | 1. | tenth - coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position Synonyms: 10th |