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Definitions for: Nine
[n] a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together; "each club played six home games with teams in its own division"
[n] the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
[adj] denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten
Webster (1913) Definition: Nine, a. [OE. nine, nihen, AS. nigon, nigan; akin to D. &
LG. negen, OS. & OFries. nigun, OHG. niun, G. neun, Icel.
n[=i]u, sw. nio, Dan. ni, Goth. niun, Ir. & Gael. naoi, W.
naw, L. novem, gr. ?, Skr. navan; of unknown origin.
[root]307. Cf. Novembeer.]
Eight and one more; one less than ten; as, nine miles.
Nine men's morris. See Morris.
Nine points circle (Geom.), a circle so related to any
given triangle as to pass through the three points in
which the perpendiculars from the angles of the triangle
upon the opposite sides (or the sides produced) meet the
sides. It also passes through the three middle points of
the sides of the triangle and through the three middle
points of those parts of the perpendiculars that are
between their common point of meeting and the angles of
the triangle. The circle is hence called the {nine points
or six points circle}.
Nine, n.
1. The number greater than eight by a unit; nine units or
objects.
2. A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix.
The Nine, the nine Muses.
Synonyms: 9, 9, ball club, baseball club, cardinal, club, ennead, ix, IX, Nina from Carolina, niner
See Also: baseball league, baseball team, digit, figure
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