'Ninth' definitions:

Definition of 'ninth'

From: WordNet
adjective
Coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position [syn: ninth, 9th]
noun
Position nine in a countable series of things; "going into the ninth they were a run ahead"
noun
One part in nine equal parts [syn: one-ninth, ninth]

Definition of 'Ninth'

From: GCIDE
  • Ninth \Ninth\, a. [From Nine; cf. AS. nigo[eth]a.]
  • 1. Following the eight and preceding the tenth; coming after eight others. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Constituting or being one of nine equal parts into which anything is divided. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Ninth'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mus.) (a) An interval containing an octave and a second. (b) A chord of the dominant seventh with the ninth added. [1913 Webster]

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