5 dictionary results for: Ninth
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ninth
[nahynth] Pronunciation Key
[nahynth] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
–adverb
| 1. | next after the eighth; being the ordinal number for nine. |
| 2. | being one of nine equal parts. |
| 3. | a ninth part, esp. of one (1/9). |
| 4. | the ninth member of a series. |
| 5. | Music.
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| 6. | in the ninth place. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| ninth
(nīnth) Pronunciation Key
n.
[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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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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