ninth: Meaning and Definition of
ninth
Pronunciation: (nīnth), [key]
— adj.
- next after the eighth; being the ordinal number for nine.
- being one of nine equal parts.
—n.
- a ninth part, esp. of one ().
- the ninth member of a series.
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- 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.
—adv.
- in the ninth place.
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