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

From Middle English tensom, tensum, equivalent to ten +‎ -some.

Noun

tensome (plural tensomes)

  1. 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.

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