tenths
TENTHS/tɛnθs/
- 1Plural of tenth.
The runner finished just three tenths of a second behind the leader.
Nine tenths of the iceberg lies hidden beneath the surface.
Note
Most often the plural counts fractions, as in nine tenths or three tenths of a second, but it also carries meanings of its own. In British history, tenths was the name for a temporary aid Parliament granted the king out of personal property, once literally a tenth of every subject's movables. In fine measurement, tenths are ten-thousandths of an inch, each a tenth of a mil.
tenths is a form of tenth
tenth, noun: One of ten equal parts into which a whole is divided. Full entry
- Forms
- tenthtenths plural
- Spelling
- tenth → tenths: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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