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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ninth \Ninth\, adjective [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ninth \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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ninth
adjective: coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position [syn: {9th}]
noun
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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