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Definition of Ninth

Ninth

  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.
  3. The quotient of one divided by nine; one of nine equal parts of a thing; the next after the eighth.
  4. An interval containing an octave and a second.
  5. A chord of the dominant seventh with the ninth added.

Ninth Quotations

If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.
Ernest Hemingway

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
Alexander Pope

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.
Ron Perlman

Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain.
Mikhail Bakunin

According to a study by Achieve Incorporated, Texas is the first state to make a college-prep curriculum the standard coursework in high school, starting with this year's ninth grade class.
Rick Perry
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Ninth Translations

ninth in Danish is niende
ninth in Dutch is negende
ninth in German is neuntes, neunte, neunte
ninth in Latin is nonus
ninth in Norwegian is niende
ninth in Portuguese is nono
ninth in Spanish is noveno
ninth in Swedish is nionde

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