Ninth

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ninth \Ninth\, a. [From {Nine}; cf. AS. nigo[eth]a.]
     1. Following the eight and preceding the tenth; coming after
        eight others.
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     2. Constituting or being one of nine equal parts into which


        anything is divided.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ninth \Ninth\, n.
     1. The quotient of one divided by nine; one of nine equal
        parts of a thing; the next after the eighth.
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     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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ninth
       adj : coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in
             position [syn: {9th}]
       n 1: position nine in a countable series of things; "going into
            the ninth they were a run ahead"
       2: a ninth part [syn: {one-ninth}]