nine
/naɪn/ noun C2- The digit or figure 9.
- A playing card with nine pips.
- A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
- A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.), counting the number of digits nine in a percentage. · They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines.
- A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
Plural nines
From the library
At last, shortly after nine o’clock, there arrived a messenger with a note:
“Monday night after nine.
When the Wizard was given this message he was so frightened that he sent word for them to come to the Throne Room at four minutes after nine o’clock the next morning.
Promptly at nine o’clock the next morning the green-whiskered soldier came to them, and four minutes later they all went into the Throne Room of the Great Oz.
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