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one-tenth

one-tenth noun: one of ten equal parts (1/10, ⅒, 0.1).

Noun

one-tenth (not comparable)

  1. One of ten equal parts (1/10, ⅒, 0.1).
    • As with most other railways, freight revenue is the mainstay of the balance sheet. In Canada, passenger revenue is only about one-tenth that of freight.1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 555

Forms of one-tenth

alternative formone tenth

Questions about one-tenth

What does one-tenth mean?
One-tenth means one of ten equal parts (1/10, ⅒, 0.1).
What part of speech is one-tenth?
One-tenth is a noun.

Words near one-tenth in the dictionary

  1. one-stops
  2. one-tap
  3. one-tapped
  4. one-tapping
  5. one-taps
  6. one-tenth
  7. one-thingism
  8. one-third
  9. one-thousander
  10. one-thousanders
  11. one-throat

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