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(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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(label) A numerical value equal to ; the second number in the set of natural numbers (especially in number theory); the cardinality of the set {0, 1}; one plus one. Ordinal: second. This many dots (••).
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Describing a set or group with two components.
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(US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
A child aged two.
The playing cards featuring two pips.
As a verb nine
is they are.As a numeral two is
(label) a numerical value equal to ; the second number in the set of natural numbers (especially in number theory); the cardinality of the set {0, 1}; one plus one ordinal: second this many dots (••).As a noun two is
the digit/figure 2.nine
English
(wikipedia nine)Numeral
(head)- A cat has nine lives.
See also
*Noun
(en noun)- They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines .
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Synonyms
* (Roman numerals): (l)Coordinate terms
* Previous : eight () * Next : ten ()Derived terms
* cloud nine * dressed to the nines * on cloud nine * the whole nine yardsSee also
*References
two
English
(wikipedia two)Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete outside dialects)Numeral
(head)- Venters began to count them—one—two —three—four—on up to sixteen.
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Derived terms
* four by two * in two * put two and two together * two-by-four * two-dimensional * two-edged * two-faced * two heads are better than one * two-piece * two-stroke * two-tone * two-way * two-wheelerSee also
*Noun
(en noun)- The number 2202 contains three two s.
- This toy is suitable for the two s and threes.