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nonary, a. and n.|ˈnəʊnərɪ|
[ad. L. nōnāri-us, f. nōn-us ninth.]
A. adj. Arith. nonary scale: a scale of notation having nine as its basis.
1870Sonnenschein & Nesbitt Sci. & Art Arith. i. 114 Add..in the nonary scale 1235, 7834 [etc.]. 1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 215 The numbers..being kept in the nonary scale.
B. n.
1. A group of nine.
1666Bp. S. Parker Free & Impart. Censure (1667) 83 This Ternary of Hierarchies, and Nonary of Orders do Circulate about the three fold Essence of God. 1839Fraser's Mag. XX. 205 The terrestrial gods and demigods will..form two ogdoads, and not a septenary and nonary, as Manetho has them.
2. A fever recurring every ninth (i.e. eighth) day.
1747tr. Astruc's Fevers 63 A tertian may also seem to be a nonary, its paroxysms being suppressed, except those which fall on every 9th day. |