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ninth

  [nahynth]
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–adjective
1. next after the eighth; being the ordinal number for nine.
2. being one of nine equal parts.
–noun
3. a ninth part, esp. of one ( 1/9 ).
4. the ninth member of a series.
5. Music.
a. a tone distant from another tone by an interval of an octave and a second.
b. the interval between such tones.
c. harmonic combination of such tones.
–adverb
6. in the ninth place.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME ninthe (see nine, -th 2 ), r. ME niend (OE nigend), neogethe, nigethe (OE nigotha); akin to OS nigutho, ON nīundi, Goth niunda

Related forms:
ninthly, adverb
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ninth   (nīnth)   
n.  

  1. The ordinal number matching the number nine in a series.

  2. One of nine equal parts.

  3. Music

    1. A harmonic or melodic interval of an octave and a second.

    2. The tone at the upper limit of such an interval.

    3. A chord consisting of a root with its third, seventh, and ninth.


[Middle English ninthe, from Old English nigonthe, from nigon, nine; see new in Indo-European roots.]
ninth adv. & adj.
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