# ninth

Pronunciation: say "NYNTH" /naɪnθ/

## Adjective

1. The ordinal form of the number nine, used for the item that comes after the eighth in a sequence.
   - Simple: Coming after the eighth and before the tenth in an order or list.
   - _The team scored two runs in the ninth inning to win the game._
   - _Beethoven completed his ninth symphony near the end of his life._

## Noun

2. The person or thing that occupies position nine in a sequence or ranking.
   - Simple: The person or thing in place number nine in a line or order.
   - _The ninth in the batting order is often the pitcher._
   - _Of the candidates interviewed that week, the ninth got the job._
3. One of nine equal parts into which a whole is divided.
   - Simple: One part of something that has been split into nine equal parts.
   - _A ninth of the estate went to each of the nine heirs._
   - _The recipe calls for two ninths of a cup, an awkward measurement by any standard._
4. A musical interval spanning nine degrees of the staff, equal to an octave plus a second; a minor ninth contains thirteen semitones and a major ninth fourteen.
   - Simple: In music, the distance between one note and another note nine steps higher.
   - _The chord includes a ninth, which gives it a rich, jazzy color._
   - _The melody opens with a dramatic leap of a minor ninth._

## Verb

5. To divide a quantity or number by nine.
   - Simple: To divide a number or amount by nine.
   - _To split the proceeds fairly, the nine partners agreed to ninth the profits._
   - _The surveyor ninthed the plot so that each heir received an equal strip of land._
6. To lose a ninth part, typically when one ninth of an offering or payment is given up as a due.
   - Simple: To lose one of nine equal parts, as when a ninth of an offering is given up.

## Origin

From Middle English nynthe, from Old English niġoþa, from Proto-Germanic *newundô. The -n- was put back in by analogy with "nine", making it equivalent to nine plus the ordinal suffix -th.

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