Usage Note
Zehntel is both noun (ein Zehntel der Bevölkerung) and the suffix for decimal fractions. The word is neuter and invariable in the plural: drei Zehntel Sekunden.
Examples
"Er verlor das Rennen um drei Zehntel Sekunden."
Natural Translation
He lost the race by three tenths of a second.
Literal Translation
He lost the race by three tenth seconds.
Related Words
- Ableitung derivative (calculus)
- Abszisse abscissa; x-axis; x-coordinate
- Achse axis (geometry, graphs)
- Achsenabschnitt y-intercept, axis intercept
- Asymptote asymptote (line a curve approaches but never reaches)
- Axiom axiom (self-evident principle)
- Berechnungsgrundlage basis of calculation; calculation basis
- Binomialkoeffizient binomial coefficient
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