NINETY-SIX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ninety-six mean? 

• NINETY-SIX (adjective)
  The adjective NINETY-SIX has 1 sense:

1. being six more than ninety

  Familiarity information: NINETY-SIX used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NINETY-SIX (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being six more than ninety

Synonyms:

96; ninety-six; xcvi

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

If a rod of six feet threw a shadow of nine, a tree of sixty-four feet would throw one of ninety-six, and the line of the one would of course be the line of the other.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Joe was halfway down to the saloon when Martin passed by, bending low over the handle-bars, his legs driving the ninety-six gear with rhythmic strength, his face set for seventy miles of road and grade and dust.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)