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ninth

Syllabification: (ninth)
Pronunciation: /nīnTH/

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Definition of ninth

number

  • constituting number nine in a sequence; 9th:the ninth century the ninth of March
  • (a ninth/one ninth) each of nine equal parts into which something is or may be divided.
  • the ninth finisher or position in a race or competition:he came in ninth
  • the ninth and final inning of a regulation baseball game:he was rocked for five runs in the ninth
  • Music an interval spanning nine consecutive notes in a diatonic scale.
  • Music the note that is nine notes higher than the tonic of a diatonic scale or root of a chord.
  • Music a chord in which the ninth note above the root forms an important component.

Derivatives

ninthly

adverb
Remember that ninth begins with nin-.

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