ninth
IPA: nˈaɪnθ
noun
- The person or thing in the ninth position.
- One of nine equal parts of a whole.
- (music) The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).
verb
- To lose a ninth.
- To divide by nine.
adjective
- The ordinal form of the number nine.
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Examples of "ninth" in Sentences
- Goose Gossage shut the door in the ninth.
- The second is octave equivalent to the ninth.
- Iota is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
- The major ninth is somewhat dissonant in sound.
- The ninth pagoda occupies the center of the roof.
- The story is based on the legend of the Ninth Legion.
- Truthfulness is the ninth of the ten attributes of dharma.
- They date from the middle of the eighth to the end of the ninth century.
- The eighth and ninth are the Stars and Stripes and the Presidential flag.
- The peak is the eighth highest in the range and the ninth highest in Wyoming.
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