tensome
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| Cardinal: ten Ordinal: tenth Latinate ordinal: denary Adverbial: ten times Multiplier: tenfold Latinate multiplier: decuple Germanic collective: tensome Collective of n parts: decuplet Greek or Latinate collective: decad, decade Metric collective prefix: deca- Greek collective prefix: deca- Latinate collective prefix: deca- Fractional: tenth Metric fractional prefix: deci- Elemental: decuplet Greek prefix: decato- Number of musicians: decet Number of years: decade, decennium | ||||
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English tensom, tensum, equivalent to ten + -some.
Noun
[edit]tensome (plural tensomes)
- A group of ten persons or things.
- 1974, International Thespian Society, National Thespian Dramatic Honor Society for High Schools, Dramatics: Volumes 46-47, link
- Hastily the tensome make their way to the stage unloading their props in the wings.
- 1974, International Thespian Society, National Thespian Dramatic Honor Society for High Schools, Dramatics: Volumes 46-47, link