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IX

IX

18 2.6
A Roman number for nine
  • numeral
translation icon : IX
  • IX Title
  • IX became law
  • passage of IX

Examples

  • Title IX required that all schools receiving federal funding provide equal opportunities for men and women.

    Academic text (2003)
  • "Although signed into law in 1972, a year passed before Title IX actually took effect," she continued.

    Blog text (28)
  • President Nixon signed Title IX into law in 1972.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The event that changed the face of women's athletics was the signing of Title IX in 1972.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The implementation of the 1972 Education Amendments, Title IX, yielded many opportunities for girls and women in high school athletics.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is the federal law prohibiting gender-based discrimination.

    Academic text (2017)
  • In Roman numerals, IX represents the number nine.

  • When counting in Roman numerals, IX comes after VIII.

  • The score was written as IX in the medieval manuscript.

Synonyms

nine
vsIX
1.0

The number after eight and before ten

is a written Roman numeral symbol instead of a word form
niner
vsIX
  • Specialized
57 9.9

A way of saying the number nine in radio to avoid confusion

is a visual Roman numeral used in writing rather than radio speech
ix
vsIX
2 8.8

A Roman way to write the number nine

is the Roman numeral in uppercase form rather than a lowercase variant

Compounds

factor IX
  • Specialized
5.5

A blood protein that helps stop bleeding and whose lack causes hemophilia B, a disease with heavy bleeding

Surface Forms

IX roman numeral

Etymology

The word IX comes from Roman number writing: I means 'one' and X means 'ten', and putting I before X shows 'one less than ten', so IX is 'nine'.