Tenths

When you consider they are measuring and correcting in tenths of a degree for the type and style of buckets used to measure the surface sea temperature, they have gone beyond reality. ❋ Unknown (2009)

` ` This was before they started timing things in tenths of a second. ❋ Unknown (2006)

As a measure of the high precision achieved by Siegbahn's spectrographs (which are held at a constant temperature and read, in tenths of seconds, by means of two microscopes mounted diametrically opposite one another on a precision goniometer) may be mentioned the fact that his energy-level values, arrived at thirty years ago, still serve for many purposes. ❋ Unknown (1965)

She just couldn't keep up with the sheer pace of price changes with these so-called tenths. ❋ Katie Martin (2011)

Imagine a scale of one to a hundred, with each integer being further divided in tenths. ❋ Unknown (2008)

When they have boiled for about half an hour, rub them through a sieve to separate the pulp of the fruit from the skins that are to be thrown away, then put them back on the fire with granulated sugar in the proportion of eight tenths, that is to say eight pounds of sugar for ten pounds of apricot pulp. ❋ Maria Gentile (N/A)

Nine-tenths of Strether's thought -- nine-tenths, that is to say, of the silvery activity which makes him what he is -- would be lost but for the fact that its adventures are caught in time, while they are proceeding, and enacted in the book. ❋ Percy Lubbock (1922)

If that is the reason it appears to be responsible for more than a few tenths which is what is allowed by CRU in the UK in their global temperature record. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Gas pressures are expressed in terms of inches head or pressure of water, fractions of an inch being given in decimals or "tenths" of an inch. ❋ W. J. Atkinson Butterfield (N/A)

Parliament however, when a bill was proposed for the restoration of "first-fruits and tenths" displayed so much resentment at the suggestion that it was so modified as only to authorise the Queen to dispose personally of the "tenths" actually remaining in her hands. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

She and her eldest sister, who illustrated the stories, first devoted the "tenths" of their respective earnings for letterpress and pictures to buying some hangings for the sacrarium of Ecclesfield Church, and then Julie treated two of her sisters, who were out of health, to Whitby for change of air. ❋ Unknown (1885)

They were evidently chiefs -- bishops or deacons -- "tenths" or "seventies." ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

"tenths" were made up to the same condition of plumpness as the rest, and the curate received the commendation of his superior for so well looking after his affairs! ❋ Alfred Kingston (N/A)

"tenths" is often used alone, thus a pressure of "six-tenths" means a pressure equivalent to 0.6 inch head of water. ❋ W. J. Atkinson Butterfield (N/A)

Edith's plan of giving 'tenths' and 'offerings' to missions. " ❋ Emma L. Burnett (N/A)

The reason is that the top and bottom tenths technically, the top and bottom deciles are the most distinctive swaths of the population. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

Shares are higher by about nine tenths of a percent. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Shares are higher by about four tenths of a percent. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Mark: "I was making plans [with the boys], but Adam kept arguing [about all] of our plans even though everyone else was on board." Craig: "Man, [the tenth dentist] really had to go and ruin the fun for everyone, huh?" ❋ DKoschei (2019)

[The Tenth Doctor] [kicks ass] [yo]. ❋ Mandaese (2010)

[sharks] are [awesome]. [sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads] are awesome to the tenth power. ❋ MikeyRocks.net (2009)

[The tenth doctor] is [my favorite]! ❋ Gryffindor_girl_77 (2016)

"I had to pee so bad, so i reached into the [nightstand] and pulled out the vile of semen I keep- just in case. [Moaned] a little and [splashed] it on her... First time I ever got to tenth base" ❋ Tim Gruich (2008)

1. Ally’s mum had her colours done. That shit is so September-Tenth. 2. Feeling the urge to [purge]? [Bulimia] is so September-Tenth. 3. Can you believe they didn’t search my bags in [Newark]? That is so September-Tenth. ❋ -g. (2003)

"Everyone still talks about January tenth, the [Spelling Bee] of [seventh grade] and how that one kid proved he was better than [those bitches]!" ❋ Marah Stevenson Ki (2019)

Bruh I got to [crank out] [a tenth period]. I'm so horny. I can't wait til the last period, [ninth] period, ends. So I can wank my dick in tenth period. ❋ LD;) (2017)

If u speak to me one more time I'm going to call [Lucifer] on my [speed dial] and have him [drop kick] your ass so fast to the tenth level you wont know what happened. ❋ Satan's Sex Slave (2009)

[Natalie] would rather have her boyfriend give her a major tenth instead using both his hands, so he can use his [free hand] for [something else] at the same time. ❋ Musicchaucer (2012)