adj
Meaning 1
The ordinal form of the number nine.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
The ordinal form of the number nine.
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Usage: not-comparable
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noun
The person or thing in the ninth position.
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noun
One of nine equal parts of a whole.
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noun
The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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verb
To lose a ninth.
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verb
To divide by nine.
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adjective satellite
coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position
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Synonyms: 9th
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noun
one part in nine equal parts
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Synonyms: one-ninth
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Broader terms: common fraction, simple fraction
noun
position nine in a countable series of things
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Broader terms: rank
History
From Middle English nynthe, nynte, from Old English niġoþa, from Proto-Germanic *newundô; the -n- was reinserted by analogy with nine. Equivalent to nine + -th (ordinal suffix).
Across languages
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