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US
/ˈnaɪnθ/
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[ UK /nˈaɪnθ/ ]
[ UK /nˈaɪnθ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position
NOUN
- one part in nine equal parts
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position nine in a countable series of things
going into the ninth they were a run ahead
How To Use ninth In A Sentence
- The lower opening is formed by the twelfth thoracic vertebra behind, by the eleventh and twelfth ribs at the sides, and in front by the cartilages of the tenth, ninth, eighth, and seventh ribs, which ascend on either side and form an angle, the subcostal angle, into the apex of which the xiphoid process projects. II. Osteology. 4. The Thorax
- It will be Hall's ninth tribunal appearance in nine seasons.
- In the beginning of the ninth century St. Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople, states that all are obliged to observe xerophagy during those seasons The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
- Gutierrez, who was recently ranked as the ninth best prospect in the Rangers system by Baseball America, tested positive for the amphetamine adderall, which is used to treated Attention Deficit Disorder. Texas Rangers
- Hiroshima -- As a mountain range rises angularly in the background, two Japanese misses, one in modern dress, the other clad in a traditional Japanese kimono, pose beside the Peace Bridge in Hiroshima during a day of remembrance, the ninth anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima with atomic bombs. Archive 2009-01-01
- The ninth-place finisher in other words, the first person to lose Saturday nets a cool $1.25 million. SFGate: Top News Stories
- The victory lifts him from 13th to ninth in the world. The Sun
- Just then his valet helps him into his ninth change of clothes that day.
- He saw his side lose eight wickets for 61 before he found some support from the ageless Bill Carter who helped add 25 for the ninth wicket until Webster hit a return catch to Evans and fell for 58.
- In central Francia in the ninth century, moreover, the Frankish king did not hesitate to remove benefices from church lands to give them to his vassi, or to force the church to maintain mounted soldiers at its own expense.