TEN PERCENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ten percent mean? 

• TEN PERCENT (noun)
  The noun TEN PERCENT has 1 sense:

1. a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts

  Familiarity information: TEN PERCENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEN PERCENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tenth part; one part in ten equal parts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

one-tenth; ten percent; tenth; tenth part

Hypernyms ("ten percent" is a kind of...):

common fraction; simple fraction (the quotient of two integers)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the presence of granulosa cells that comprise at least ten percent of the cellular population.

(Ovarian Granulosa Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

"Accordingly, we were able to determine an average loss of about ten percent body weight within a week."

(German scientists find potential treatment for obesity, Agência Brasil)

One of the country's least studied biomes, the caatinga stretches across ten Brazilian states and encompasses ten percent of the country's national territory, with 844 thousand square km.

(Brazilian savanna unprotected, study finds, Agência Brasil)

These spaces form anastomosing patterns and comprise at least ten percent but less than ninety percent of the tumor.

(Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor with Retiform Elements, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by raised, edematous papules in the extremities; involvement of one or more mucous membranes; and epidermal detachment involving less than ten percent of the total body surface area.

(Erythema Multiforme Major, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically, it is characterized by a mixture of two cellular populations: well differentiated Sertoli cells and granulosa cells, with the latter constituting at least ten percent of the neoplasm.

(Ovarian Gynandroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)