tenth

The ordinal number matching the number ten in a series.

One of ten equal parts.

Last in order of a series of ten; preceded by nine of the same kind; next in order after that which is ninth: an ordinal numeral.

Being one of ten equal portions or sections.

One of ten equal parts into which anything may be divided; a tithe.

In early English law, a tithe of the rents of the year, or of movables, or both, granted or levied by way of tax.

Eccles., the tenth part of the annual profit of every living in England, formerly paid to the Pope, but by statute transferred to the crown, and afterward made a part of the fund called Queen Anne’s bounty.

In music: The interval, whether melodic or harmonic, between any tone and a tone one octave and two degrees distant from it; also, a tone distant by such an interval from a given tone; a compound third.

An organ-stop giving tones a tenth above the normal pitch of the digitals used; a decima, or double tierce.

Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.