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What is the difference between third and tenth?

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In lang=en terms the difference between third and tenth

is that third is an interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale while tenth is 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.

As adjectives the difference between third and tenth

is that third is the ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second while tenth is the ordinal form of the number ten.

As nouns the difference between third and tenth

is that third is the person or thing in the third position while tenth is the person or thing in the tenth position.

As a verb third

is to agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.

third

English

Adjective

(-)
  • The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
  • The third tree from the left is my favorite.

    Synonyms

    * ; III

    Noun

  • The person or thing in the third position.
  • Jones came in third .
  • One of three equal parts of a whole.
  • He ate a third''' of the pie. Divided by two-'''thirds .
  • (uncountable) The third gear of an engine.
  • Now put it into third .
  • (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
  • They sing in thirds .
  • (baseball) third base
  • The play ended with Jones standing on third .
  • (archaic) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce.
  • Synonyms

    * (gear) third gear * (fractions)

    Derived terms

    * thirdness

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been .
  • To divide into three equal parts.
  • See also

    * interval

    tenth

    English

    (wikipedia tenth)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • The ordinal form of the number ten.
  • Synonyms

    10th, 10th; (in names of monarchs and popes ) X

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The person or thing in the tenth position.
  • One of ten equal parts of a whole.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Boundary problems , passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}
  • (music) 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.
  • (UK, legal, historical, in the plural) 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.
  • (Webster 1913)

    See also

    tithe English ordinal numbers