tensections
nounUK /tɛnˈsɛkʃənz/
US /tɛnˈsɛkʃənz/
Tensections are when something is cut into ten equal pieces.
The teacher showed us how to make tensections of the paper strip.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The act of dividing something into ten equal parts.
The tensections of the cake made it easy to share with ten friends.
3. Each of the ten pieces created by such a division.
She lined up the tensections of the ribbon on the table.
4. A mathematical term for splitting a whole into ten equal fractional parts.
In math class, we learned that tensections help us understand tenths.