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9-11

 Dictionary entry overview: What does 9-11 mean? 

9-11 (noun)
  The noun 9-11 has 1 sense:

1. the day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombsplay

  Familiarity information: 9-11 used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


9-11 (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

9-11; 9/11; Sep 11; Sept. 11; September 11

Instance hypernyms:

terrorist attack (a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Holonyms ("9-11" is a part of...):

Sep; Sept; September (the month following August and preceding October)


 Context examples 


A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal translocation t(3;12)(q27-28;q15) which fuses exons 1-3 of the HMGA2 gene to exons 9-11 of the LPP gene.

(HMGA2/LPP Short Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent has an elimination half-life of 9-11 hours and undergoes renal excretion.

(Edoxaban, NCI Thesaurus)

There are two height classes, 13-15 inches (33-38 cm.) and under 13 inches (33 cm.) Weight: 20-25 pounds (9-11 kg.)

(Beagle, NCI Thesaurus)

Height: 9-11 inches (23-28 cm.) Weight: 9-14 pounds (4-6 kg.)

(Australian Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

To examine if this link existed in children, researchers at the University of Cambridge and Yale University analysed data from 2,700 children between the ages of 9-11 years.

(Childhood obesity linked to structural differences in key brain regions, University of Cambridge)



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