Definition/Meaning of nine

• English - Numeral: nine ( cardinal ) A numerical value equal to 9; the number occurring after eight and before ten . A cat has nine lives . Describing a set or group with nine components . Related terms ninth Translations See also Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages
• English - Noun: nine ( plural nines ) The digit or figure 9 . ( card games ) A playing card with nine pips . ( weaponry ) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol . ( computing , engineering , chiefly in the plural ) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability , purity , etc .). They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99 .99% uptime , or four nines . ( baseball ) A baseball club , a baseball team…
• English - Etymology: From Middle English nine , from Old English niġon , from Proto-Germanic *newun , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ .
• English - Pronunciation: ( Received Pronunciation , General American ) enPR: nīn , IPA (key) : /naɪn/ , [naɪ̯n] Rhymes: -aɪn
• English - References: ^ Peter Morris , A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball , 15 . 1 . 3 Rain Checks , pp . 411–412