ninth (ninth)

and n. [ = Gr. ένατος , ninth; as nine + -th2.] I. a. 1. Next in order or rank after the eighth, or before the tenth: an ordinal numeral: as, the ninth row; the ninth regiment.-2. Being one of nine: as, a ninth part. - Ninth nerve. See nerve. - Ninth part of a man, a tailor: from the saying that nine tailors make a man. [Jocular.] II. n. 1. A ninth part; the quotient of unity divided by nine.-2. In music , the interval, 3997 concern. nip London, look on, this matter nips thee near. Greene and Lodge , Looking Gla for Lond. and Eng. whether melodic or harmonic, between any 2. Figuratively, to pre closely upon; affect; tone and a tone one octave and one degree distant from it; also, a tone distant by such an interval from a given tone; a compound second.Chord of the ninth, a chord consisting in its full form of a root with its third, fifth, seventh, and ninth. ninthly (ninth'li), adv. In the ninth place. ninzin, n. See ninsi.