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Definition of 'nine'Numeral
( head)
(cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after eight and before ten.
- A cat has nine lives.
Describing a set or group with nine components.
Related terms
* ninth
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Noun
( en-noun)
The digit or figure .
(card games) A playing card with nine pips.
(weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
(computing|engineering|usually in plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
- They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines .
(label) A baseball club, a baseball team (composed of nine players).
* 1877, Chicago Times, July 8, 1877:[Peter Morris, ]
A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball, 15.1.3 Rain Checks, pp. 411–412
*:The St. Louis club is the only nine in the league which gives its patrons the right to see a full game or no pay.
Synonyms
* (Roman numerals): (l)
Coordinate terms
* Previous : eight ()
* Next : ten ()
Derived terms
* cloud nine
* dressed to the nines
* on cloud nine
* the whole nine yards
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