ninth
    adj 1: coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in
           position [syn: ninth, 9th]
    n 1: position nine in a countable series of things; "going into
         the ninth they were a run ahead"
    2: one part in nine equal parts [syn: one-ninth, ninth]

Ninth \Ninth\, a. [From Nine; cf. AS. nigo[eth]a.]
   1. Following the eight and preceding the tenth; coming after
      eight others.
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   2. Constituting or being one of nine equal parts into which
      anything is divided.
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Ninth \Ninth\, n.
   1. The quotient of one divided by nine; one of nine equal
      parts of a thing; the next after the eighth.
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   2. (Mus.)
      (a) An interval containing an octave and a second.
      (b) A chord of the dominant seventh with the ninth added.
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