ten-tenths
adj.—Gloss: All, all-out, or completely. «Racers often rate their effort in terms of tenths, with nine-tenths being an agressive race pace and ten-tenths a banzai lap.» —“Ultimate!! Racing!! Machines!!” by Preston Lerner Popular Science Feb., 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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