One-tenth

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One of ten equal parts (1/10, ⅒, 0.1). not-comparable

    "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."

  2. 2
    a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts wordnet

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ten percenttenthtenth part

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"San Francisco is only one-tenth as populous as New York."

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