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Webster 1913 Edition


Ninth

Ninth

,
Adj.
[From
Nine
; cf. AS.
nigoða
.]
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.

Ninth

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ninth

NINTH

,
Adj.
The ordinal of nine; designating the number nine, the next preceding ten; as the ninth day or month.

NINTH

,
Noun.
In music, an interval containing an octave and a tone.

Definition 2024


ninth

ninth

English

English numbers
90
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : nine
    Ordinal : ninth
    Multiplier : ninefold

Adjective

ninth (not comparable)

  1. The ordinal form of the number nine.

Synonyms

  • 9th, (in names of monarchs and popes) IX

Translations

Noun

ninth (plural ninths)

  1. The person or thing in the ninth position.
  2. One of nine equal parts of a whole.

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