Definition

Noun: - One of ten equal parts of something: A tenth part is a single portion resulting from dividing a whole into ten equal sections. It represents the fraction 1/10 or 10%.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • She donated a tenth part of her income to charity. (She donated one-tenth of her income.)
  • Only a tenth part of the original forest remains. (Only one-tenth of the forest is left.)
  • The recipe calls for a tenth part of a teaspoon of salt. (The recipe requires one-tenth of a teaspoon.)

Advanced Usage

• "to the tenth part": Used to indicate a very small, precise fraction or degree.
  • He calculated the measurement to the tenth part. (He calculated it with extreme precision, down to one-tenth.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tenth (noun & adjective): The most common and direct synonym. As a noun: "one of ten equal parts." As an adjective: "constituting number ten in a sequence."
  • He finished in tenth place. (Adjective use)
  • I'll take a tenth of the cake. (Noun use, more common than "tenth part")
• One-tenth (noun): A hyphenated form with identical meaning.
• Decimate (verb): Historically, to kill one in every ten. In modern, often criticized usage, it means to destroy a large part of something.
• Decimal (adjective): Relating to or denoting a system of numbers based on the number ten.
• Decile (noun): In statistics, each of ten equal groups into which a population can be divided.

Synonyms

• Tenth
• One-tenth
• 10 percent
• One in ten

Related Phrases

• A tenth part of a...: A standard construction for specifying the fraction of a particular unit.
  • A tenth part of a mile is 528 feet.
• Nine parts in ten: An idiom meaning "almost certainly" or "very likely."
  • Nine parts in ten, it will rain tomorrow. (It is very likely to rain.)

Noun

1. a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts