nines

Noun

nine (plural nines)

1. The digit or figure 9.
   • Indeed, if a number does not have nines, you can remove or add zeroes at the end of a biography to get another biography of the same number.2008 March 2, Tanya Khovanova, “Autobiographical Numbers”, in arXiv, page 3
2. A playing card with nine pips.
3. A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
   • Hiro risks turning on a small flashlight, uses it to rummage around the yatcht, picking up valuable stuff: a few bottles of (presumably) drinkable water, some food, extra ammunition for his nine.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 359
4. (plural-normally) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.), counting the number of digits nine in a percentage.
   • They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines.
5. A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
   • 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.1877, Chicago Times, July 8, 1877

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