99

Definition: 99

99

Adjective

1. Being nine more than ninety.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: 99

Crosswords: 99

Chapter 1Page 1.Paragraph 1: What is the answer to 99 out of 100 questions? (Vanilla Sky; writing credit: Alejandro Amenábar; Mateo Gil)

Nothing over 99 cents. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

Holy smokes 99 channels and nothing's on! (The Kid; writing credit: Audrey Wells)

99 percent of everything we do is strict routine. (The Caine Mutiny; writing credit: Herman Wouk; Stanley Roberts)

My text for today comes from Psalm 99, Verse 9: Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill. (The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain; writing credit: Ivor Monger; Christopher Monger)

99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name. (references; author: unknown)

99 and 44/100% Dead (1974)

Al Amil al sirri 99 (1966)

F.B.I. 99 (1966)

Meine 99 Bräute (1958)

Eye Witness No. 99 (1958)

99 Holes (performing artist: Jimmie Dale Gilmore)

99 Luftballons (performing artist: Nena)

99 1/2 Won't Do (performing artist: Sabathani Choir)

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References

• 99 Cents Only Stores: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The World Market for Pig Iron, Spiegeleisen, Iron or Steel Granules and Powders; Spongy Ferrous Products and Iron in Lumps or Pellets of At Least 99.94% Purity: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• 99 Film Scenes for Actors (reference)

• The 99 Critical Shots in Pool: Everything You Need to Know to Learn and Master the Game (reference)

• Aperture 99 (reference)

• Cal 99 Art of Judy Baca (reference)

• The Robot Builder's Bonanza: 99 Inexpensive Robotics Projects (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 40, Episodes 79, 99 & 1: Turnabout Intruder/ The Cage (B&W/Color Version) / The Cage (Full Color Version) (reference)

• Article 99 (reference)

• Indigenous: Live at la Zona Rosa Austin, TX 99 (reference)

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Music

• Satelite 99 (reference)

• Twisting by the Pool Performed by Stars at Studio 99 (reference)

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High Tech

• Formflow 99 End User Components (reference)

• FormFlow 99 Third Edition End User Component (reference)

• Official Formula One Racing 99 (Jewel Case) (reference)

• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia 99 Deluxe Imac (reference)

• Enterprise Harmony 99 Synchroni Zes Email Contacts Appts Tasks (reference)

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Eclipse 99. Credit: NASA.

Plate 99. The Cavally or Crevalle. Caranx hippos (L.), Gthr. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Deploying the Bouree net. In: "From the Surface to the Bottom of the Sea" by H. Bouree, 1912, Fig. 89. P. 99. Library Call Number 525.8 B77. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 38. Percussion current meter invented by Julien Thoulet. Top: Number 99 0610. Bottom: Number 99 0611. When the helix turned it caused a striker to fall on a steel plate. The sound of this was recorded by a hydrophone and the number of recorded sounds per unit time was directly related to current strength . This was tested off Monaco by Dr. Jules Richard in 1921. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

U. S. Army Hospital Number 99, Hyeres, France. : Baking pies for patients at le Golf Hotel. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

A Japanese Type 99 shipboard bomber (Allied codename "Val") trails smoke as it dives toward USS Hornet (CV-8), during the morning of 26 October 1942. This plane struck the ship's stack and then her flight deck. A Type 97 shipboard attack plane ("Kate") is flying over Hornet after dropping its torpedo, and another "Val" is off her bow. Note anti-aircraft shell burst between Hornet and the camera, with its fragments striking the water nearby. Credit: NAVY.

Soldiers dancing, 99 Park Avenue, New York. Credit: Library of Congress.

Western Washington, Thurston county, Tenino. Facing main street, south end of town on U.S. 99. See general caption number 37. Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S. 99. Near Tulare, California. Entered California fall of 1938. En-route to pea harvest in Imperial Valley. Car broke-down. "Want to get back to Missouri if they can ever get the money.". Credit: Library of Congress.

Green Acres, Verona, New Jersey. Apartment 99, living room. Credit: Library of Congress.

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In the ports of Hamburg and Stettin Germany shall lease to the Czecho-Slovak State, for a period of 99 years, areas which shall be placed under the general regime of free zones and shall be used for the direct transit of goods coming from or going to that State. (reference)

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Tom retraced the road he had driven before, past Weedpatch and west until he came to 99, then north on the great paved road, toward Bakersfield.

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Health

High levels of immunization in the U.S. have led to a 99 percent decrease in measles cases since doctors first started using the vaccine. (references)

Investigators questioned 10,590 vasectomized men, and an equal number of nonvasectomized men, to see if they had developed any of 99 different disorders. (references)

In ovarian cancer, if one assumes a prevalence of 50/100,000, a test with 99 percent specificity and 100 percent sensitivity would yield only 1 in 21 women with a positive screen actually having the disease (i.e., PPV = 4.8 percent). (references)

Business

FIV owns 99.7 percent of ENELBAR's shares. (references)

Norway relies on hydro-electricity for the generation of 99 percent of its electricity. (references)

The Mexican Cable TV systems transmit 99 different channels of which approximately 15 are national, and 84 international. (references)

Children

Swaziland

However, the country has a 99 percent primary school enrollment rate. (references)

Finland

More than 99 percent of children between these ages attend school, and girls and boys are treated equally in the education system. (references)

Taiwan

The percentage of school age children attending primary school is 99.94 percent, and those attending junior high school 99.86 percent. (references)

Civil Liberties

Uzbekistan

The UNHCR reported that 99 percent of its refugee cases are persons from Afghanistan. (references)

Iran

The population is approximately 99 percent Muslim, of which 89 percent are Shi'a and 10 percent are Sunni (mostly Turkomans, Arabs, Baluchs, and Kurds, living in the southwest, southeast, and northwest). (references)

Discrimination

Hong Kong

There were also 142 complaints of pregnancy discrimination, 99 of sexual harassment and 17 of marital status discrimination. (references)

Economic History

Somalia

Religion: 99.9% Muslim. (references)

Lithuania

The coastline is 99 km (62 miles) long. (references)

Luxembourg

The Dexia group owns 99.3% of the shares of the BIL. (references)

Human Rights

Guyana

As of 2000, at least 99 cases had resulted in some type of disciplinary action being taken against police officers. (references)

Russia

To alleviate overcrowding, the Government announced an amnesty on September 1. According to the PCPR, more than 99,000 inmates were released (358 of them were juveniles). (references)

Thailand

A senior prosecutor in 1999 stated that 99 percent of all cases in which government officials were accused of extrajudicial killings were dropped on the basis of insufficient evidence. (references)

Minorities

Haiti

Approximately 99 percent of Haitians are descendants, in whole or in part, of African slaves who won a war of independence from France in 1804. The remaining population is of European, Middle Eastern, North American, or Latin American origin. (references)

Political Economy

Burkina Faso

The CDP controls 99 of 111 seats in Parliament. (references)

Ghana

The NPP also won 99 of the 200 seats in Parliament. (references)

Political Rights

Uruguay

Three of 30 senators and 13 of 99 deputies are women. (references)

Turkmenistan

The Government claimed that 99.8 percent of all eligible voters participated. (references)

Iraq

Saddam Hussein's son Uday was elected to the National Assembly by receiving 99.9 percent of the vote. (references)

Trade

Kenya

In FY 99, the United States provided Kenya with a total of nearly $83 million in direct assistance. (references)

Egypt

Ministerial Decree 99 of 1994 also allows for the release of imports that replace previously imported defective or damaged goods without assessing custom duties. (references)

Egypt

Prior to issuance of Ministerial Decree 99 of 1994, free-of-charge compensatory shipments, meant to make up for losses caused by a drop in the international price of imported goods between the contract date and the time of shipment, were considered illegal imports. (references)

Women

Hong Kong

EOC statistics reported 99 sexual harassment complaints during the year. (references)

Guinea

A 1999 Demographic Health Survey estimates that more than 99 percent of females undergo FGM. Expert estimates vary between 65 and 90 percent. (references)

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Expressions using "99": atomic number 99 ♦ release 99. Additional references.

French

yttrium 99 (yttrium 99). (various references)

Italian

ittrio 99 (yttrium 99). (various references)

Spanish

itrio 99 (yttrium 99). (various references)