Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. The Roman numerals signifying nine; denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten
- n. the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
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Examples
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Page 53 connection cannot be assumed without separating x¹ a from x¹ b, with which, however, it obviously forms a group, and entirely disregarding the relations which the groups x, ix: ix¹, x¹ bear to one another and to the dolphin 0¹.
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The less rigid correspondence of these groups (x, ix: ix¹, x¹), as caused some difficulty.
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The fix ix is to uphold the current laws and illegals need to be put out of the country.
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"Oh so because boys have more interest in lacrosse and girls dont because of title ix, the school will ..."
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GRACE: To Mike Brooks, former D.C. cop, how could that -- I mean, if baby Maddy ` s fluid was in this car, I mean, that kind of ix-nays the people that rented it before.
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Mallarmé needed four words that rhyme in "ix," and had to invent a suitable one for his allegorical sonnet.
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St. Ignatius never wearies in his letters of proposing faith as the light and love as the way, love being the end and aim of faith ( "Ad Ephes.", ix, xiv; "Ad Philad.", ix; "Ad Smyrn.", vi).
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Gender aside, I'me all for reviving the 'ix' suffix (haha) just because it sounds cool.
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"- ix" is the female ending for "- or" ending nouns (dominator/dominatrix), so naturally we tried to extend that as much as possible into the real world.
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Into the word jazz, whether we like it or not, are plugged long, heavy-duty cables connecting to issues of race, the individual and the group in a democracy, the role of the arts in a commercial culture, the relationship of so-called ‘high art’ to so-called ‘popular art,’ the question of whether there is such a thing as progress in the arts, and on and on page ix.
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