ten

Meanings

• number

  The number following nine and preceding eleven.

  - "There are ten apples in this basket."
  - "Ten is a perfect number."

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Pronunciation

1. /tɛn/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

tenner , X

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with ten
seven , heaven , given , riven , even

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Variants

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10 , ten , tens , Ten Commandments , ten-gallon hat , ten-gallon hats , ten-speed , ten-speeds , ten-strike , ten-strikes , ten a penny , ten out of ten , ten to one , Double Ten , Double Tens , Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes

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Etymology

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Old English tēn, tīwene, from teonian ‘to stretch out, extend’.

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Trivia

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1. Ten is the smallest number that cannot be expressed as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.

2. Ten is the atomic number of Neon.

3. The number 10,000 is called a ‘ten-thousand’ or a ‘ten-k’.

4. The term ‘decimal’ comes from the Latin word for ten, ‘deca’.

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Related Concepts

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1. Decade: A period of ten years

2. Perfect number: A number whose divisors add up to the number itself

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Culture

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In many cultures, ten is considered a significant number. For instance, in Chinese culture, ten is considered a lucky number. In mathematics, ten is the base of the decimal system.

How to Memorize "ten"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a hand with ten fingers.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the number ten with the fingers on your hand.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic ‘Tom, Dick, and Harry’ to remember the order of the first ten letters of the alphabet: T-Tom, D-Dick, H-Harry

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