Tenness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being ten in number. rare, uncountable

    "They can readily state the number of tens in a hundred. But somehow they do not have a full appreciation of the "tenness" of our system and how the system is structured."

Example

More examples

"They can readily state the number of tens in a hundred. But somehow they do not have a full appreciation of the "tenness" of our system and how the system is structured."

Etymology

From ten + -ness.

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