tenths
nounUK /tɛnθs/
US /tɛnθs/
Tenths are the ten equal pieces you get when you cut one whole thing into ten parts.
If you split a chocolate bar into ten equal pieces, each piece is one of the tenths.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. The position in a list or order that comes after ninth.
She finished in tenths place in the spelling bee.
3. A way to write numbers smaller than one using one digit after the decimal point.
The number 0.3 means three tenths.
4. Each of ten equal shares of an amount or group.
The class split the stickers into tenths so every table got a fair share.