1. plural of tenth; parts that are one of ten equal divisions of something

Examples

• She divided the cake into tenths for the ten children.
• The decimal 0.7 represents seven tenths.
• Three tenths of the students passed the exam.
• The runner finished in nine and six tenths seconds.
• Each tenth of the pie was exactly the same size.
• The measurement was accurate to within two tenths of an inch.