nine
nounEtymology PIE word *h₁néwn̥ From Middle English nyn, nyne, from Old English nigon (“nine”), from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun (“nine”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”). Cognate with Scots neen, nine (“nine”), Saterland Frisian njúgen (“nine”), West Frisian njoggen (“nine”), Dutch negen (“nine”), German Low German negen (“nine”), German neun (“nine”), Danish ni (“nine”), Swedish nio (“nine”), Icelandic níu (“nine”), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun, “nine”), Latin novem (“nine”), Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”), Sanskrit नव (náva, “nine”).
The digit or figure 9.
- Indeed, if a number does not have nines, you can remove or add zeroes at the end of a biography to get another biography of the same number.2008 March 2, Tanya Khovanova, “Autobiographical Numbers”, in arXiv, page 3:
Card games, Games A playing card with nine pips.
Engineering, Government, Military, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Politics, Tools, War, Weaponry A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
- Hiro risks turning on a small flashlight, uses it to rummage around the yatcht, picking up valuable stuff: a few bottles of (presumably) drinkable water, some food, extra ammunition for his nine.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 359:
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Plural normally A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
- They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines.
Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
- 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.1877, Chicago Times, July 8, 1877
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