Nine vs Novum - What's the difference?
nine | novum |
(cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after eight and before ten.
Describing a set or group with nine components.
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.).
(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, *: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.
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A new feature.
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(obsolete) A game of dice, properly called novem quinque , the two principal throws being nine and five.
As nouns the difference between nine and novum
is that nine is the digit or figure while novum is a new feature.As a numeral nine
is (cardinal) a numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after eight and before ten.nine
English
(wikipedia nine)Numeral
(head)- A cat has nine lives.
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*Noun
(en noun)- They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines .
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* cloud nine * dressed to the nines * on cloud nine * the whole nine yardsSee also
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Noun
(nova)- (Shakespeare)