decima vs tenth

decima

noun
  • An organ stop a tenth above the normal 8-foot pitch. 

  • A tithe or tax of one-tenth (now usually in historical Italian contexts). 

  • A 10-line verse or stanza, (chiefly) in the form of a song comprising an introductory verse followed by four such divisions. 

tenth

noun
  • The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third. 

  • The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position. 

  • One of ten equal parts of a whole. 

  • A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject. 

adj
  • Being one of ten equal parts of a whole. 

  • The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth. 

verb
  • To divide by ten, into tenths. 

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