Meanings
adjectivenonary (not comparable)
- not comparableOf ninth rank or order.
[…] and the rhombic algebra is established as the direct sum of the nonary subalgebra of the U_(pq) and of the three unary subalgebras generated individually by V, W and X, […]
1984 January 9, L. J. Walpole, “Fourth-Rank Tensors of the Thirty-Two Crystal Classes: Multiplication Tables”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, volume 391, number 1800, →JSTOR, pages 149–179Synonyms: nonal
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf ninth rank or order.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁néwn̥
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁newn̥(n)ós
- Proto-Italic*nowenos
- Latinnōnus
- Latinnōnārius
- Englishnonary
From the Latin nōnārius, from nōnus (“ninth”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).
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