tenth part
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- noun
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décima parte
- The artist used a tenth part of her canvas to create a small, detailed painting.
Examples
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Urine was collected in sterile containers and concentrated 10-fold by centrifugation and resuspension in one-tenth part of the original urine.
Academic text (1991) -
To understand the recipe correctly, you need to measure out a tenth part of the total ingredients.
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The tenth part of a dollar.
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The tenth part of a dollar.
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I'll never have a tenth part of the knowledge our Master has.
Fiction book (1992) -
But you, gentlemen, I'm sure each and every one of you will understand and appreciate the unveiled beauty which will be yours for the small price of 10 cents, one dime, the tenth part of a dollar!
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That is why they give their "maaser, maasar, or maasrah," Hebrew word for tenth part.
Blog text (6) -
Same as Jacob, who made a covenant with God (Gen 28:22), sums up: if you are my God, I will give you the tenth part of all my increase (wealth).
Blog text (6) -
Each student contributed a tenth part of the cost for the class trip.
Synonyms
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One part in every ten of a total amount
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One equal part when something is divided into ten parts
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One part of ten equal parts
One of ten equal parts of money that people give as a tax or church payment
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Morphology
The meaning 'one of ten equal parts' is directly derivable from combining 'tenth' (one part equal to 1/10) with 'part' (a piece of a whole). This fractional, compositional structure is cross-linguistically common and follows transparent noun + noun/measure patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would understand it.
Etymology
The noun tenth part comes from the simple image of cutting something into ten equal pieces. Imagine a cake split into ten slices; each slice is a tenth and a part, so the phrase means 'one of ten equal parts'.