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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ninth       [nahynth] Pronunciation Key
–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, -th2), 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)  Pronunciation Key 
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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ninth

adjective
1. coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position 

noun
1. position nine in a countable series of things; "going into the ninth they were a run ahead" 
2. one part in nine equal parts [syn: one-ninth] 

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Ninth

Ninth\, a. [From Nine; cf. AS. nigo[eth]a.]

1. Following the eight and preceding the tenth; coming after eight others.

2. Constituting or being one of nine equal parts into which anything is divided.

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Ninth

Ninth\, n. 1. The quotient of one divided by nine; one of nine equal parts of a thing; the next after the eighth.

2. (Mus.) (a) An interval containing an octave and a second. (b) A chord of the dominant seventh with the ninth added.

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