tenth
number, adjective, noun (tenth, tenths)
Everyday
- Tenth comes after ninth in order: number 10. tree →
- A tenth is one of ten equal parts of a whole, written 1/10 or 0.1. tree →
- The tenths place is the first digit after the decimal point. tree →
In the lessons
Maths: an order position (the tenth day) or a fraction (one tenth = 0.1); one tenth of a total means divide by 10; decimals: 0.3 is 3 tenths. Everyday: tenth birthday, tenth floor, «a tenth of a second» in races.
Examples
- She came tenth in the race. tree →
- One tenth of the 50 apples were bad. tree →
- On the tenth day he finished the book. tree →
- 3 tenths is written 0.3. tree →
- He won by a tenth of a second. tree →
- In 4.7, the 7 is in the tenths place. tree →
- My tenth birthday party was at the zoo. tree →
- On the tenth day all is still, and he enters the castle. tree →
Note
Written 10th. As a fraction: one tenth of a total means divide by 10. As an order word it gives a position, not an amount. Trap: «tenths» (0.1) is not «tens» (10).
In Jewish tradition
In the Torah a tenth is the part given as a tithe, and a tenth of an ephah is a measure for flour offerings. In Chronicles it also means the tenth in order, as in lists of the priests, singers and soldiers.
Interpretation. The tithe, a tenth of produce, was set aside for priests, Levites and the poor, and the idea of giving a tenth is still part of Jewish giving. Tradition reads the lists in Chronicles as showing that each person's place in the Temple service was ordered and known.
Examples
- Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. (Torah EXO.16.36, JPS 1917) tree →
- a several tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; (Torah NUM.28.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; (Torah NUM.29.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. (Writings 1CH.12.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah; (Writings 1CH.24.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- The tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.17, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Written 10th. As a fraction: one tenth of a total means divide by 10. As an order word it gives a position, not an amount. Trap: «tenths» (0.1) is not «tens» (10).
On Mova
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- Trees and pragmatics of «tenth» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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