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9TH
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position
Synonyms:
9th; ninth
Classified under:
Similar:
ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)
Context examples:
A class of monounsaturated fatty acids with 22 carbons and the double bond at the 9th carbon from the methyl end.
(Docosenoic Acid n-9, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with a 20-carbon backbone and 3 double bonds, originating from the 6th, 9th and 12th positions from the methyl end, with all bonds in the cis- configuration.
(Dihomo-gamma-linolenic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
Monounsaturated fatty acid with 15 carbons and the double bond at the 9th carbon from the methyl end.
(Pentadecenoic Acid n-9, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
A monounsaturated very long-chain fatty acid with a 22-carbon backbone and a single double bond originating from the 9th position from the methyl end, with the double bond in the trans- configuration.
(Brassidic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
Monounsaturated fatty acid with 22 carbons and the double bond in the trans formation at the 9th carbon from the methyl end.
(Brassidic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
Upon the 9th day of May, 1711, one James Welch came down to my cabin, and said, “he had orders from the captain to set me ashore.”
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
During the 9th century however, there was a major political collapse in the central Maya region: their famous limestone cities were abandoned and dynasties ended.
(Scientists measure severity of drought during the Maya collapse, University of Cambridge)
September 9th, the ice began to move, and roarings like thunder were heard at a distance as the islands split and cracked in every direction.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with a 20-carbon backbone and 4 double bonds, originating from the 3rd, 6th, 9th and either the 12th or 15th positions from the methyl end.
(Eicosatetraenoic Acid n-3, NCI Thesaurus)
Polyunsaturated fatty acid with 20 carbons and 3 double bonds at the 3rd, 6th, and 9th carbons from the methyl end.
(Eicosatrienoic Acid n-3, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
