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ninth |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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