What does "ninth" mean?
Ninth: Constituting or being one of nine equal parts into which anything is divided.
Additional senses
- 2.The quotient of one divided by nine; one of nine equal parts of a thing; the next after the eighth.
- 3.(Mus.) (a) An interval containing an octave and a second. (b) A chord of the dominant seventh with the ninth added.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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