"cast out nines" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: casts out nines [present, singular, third-person], casting out nines [participle, present], cast out nines [participle, past], cast out nines [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cast<,,cast> out nines|head=cast out nines}} cast out nines (third-person singular simple present casts out nines, present participle casting out nines, simple past and past participle cast out nines)
  1. (arithmetic) To apply a procedure for verifying whether an arithmetic operation is probably correct or certainly incorrect using modulo characteristics of the digit 9. Categories (topical): Arithmetic Translations (verification of an arithmetic operation): prova del nou [feminine] (Catalan), negenproef (Dutch), preuve par neuf [feminine] (French), Neunerprobe [feminine] (German), prova del nove [feminine] (Italian), fazer a prova dos nove (Portuguese), prueba del nueve [feminine] (Spanish)
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        "(arithmetic) To apply a procedure for verifying whether an arithmetic operation is probably correct or certainly incorrect using modulo characteristics of the digit 9."
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