nonant

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noun

One of the nine sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular sets of two parallel lines.

OriginLatin nōnum →
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Meanings

nounnonant (plural nonants)

plural nonants

  1. One of the nine sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular sets of two parallel lines.
  2. geometryOne ninth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 40°.
  3. nauticalA theoretical measuring device with a graduated arc of 40° used in locating an altitude.

Origin

  1. Latinnōnum
  2. Englishnonant

Borrowed from Latin nōnum, accusative singular of nōnus (“ninth part of something, ninth”), with -ant from similar Latin words such as octans.

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APA

nonant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonant

MLA

“nonant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonant.

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