ninth

[ nahynth ]

/ naɪnθ /

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adjective

next after the eighth; being the ordinal number for nine.

being one of nine equal parts.

noun

a ninth part, especially of one (1/9).

the ninth member of a series.

Music.

a tone distant from another tone by an interval of an octave and a second.
the interval between such tones.
harmonic combination of such tones.

adverb

in the ninth place.

Origin of ninth

before 900; Middle English ninthe (see nine, -th²), replacing Middle English niend (Old English nigend), neogethe, nigethe (Old English nigotha); akin to Old Saxon nigutho, Old Norse nīundi, Gothic niunda

OTHER WORDS FROM ninth

ninth·ly, adverb

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That makes New York the ninth state to require such coverage.

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Oyama and Marino just celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary.

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Shortly after his ninth birthday, Edwards experienced a “season of awakening.”

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Page disrupts the pattern in the second bar, moving up to the ninth, and fleshes out the figure with more harmonic support.

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I have dealt with the chief of these theories in the ninth chapter of my History of Creation, and must refer the reader thereto.

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The family consisted of eleven children, five sons and six daughters, of whom Brigham was the ninth.

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We know from other sources that during the ninth century there was a great exodus from Scandinavia.

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And did he now sit himself down zealously and perseveringly to work on a ninth and tenth symphony?

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On the ninth morning she ascended to watch for her star of mercy.

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British Dictionary definitions for ninth

ninth

/ (naɪnθ) /

adjective

(usually prenominal)

coming after the eighth in counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of nine. Often written: 9th
(as noun)he came on the ninth; ninth in line

noun

one of nine equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
(as modifier)a ninth part

the fraction equal to one divided by nine (1/9)

music

an interval of one octave plus a second
one of two notes constituting such an interval
See ninth chord

adverb

Also: ninthly after the eighth person, position, event, etc

sentence connector

Also: ninthly as the ninth point: linking what follows to the previous statement

Word Origin for ninth

Old English nigotha; related to Old High German niunto, Old Norse nīundi

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