nonaryadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊnəri/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊnəri/

Forms: 1600s nonarie, 1600s– nonary.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nōnus , -ary suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin nōnus ninth (see nona- comb. form) + -ary suffix¹.

A. adj.

Of or relating to the number nine; (Mathematics) designating or belonging to a system of numerical notation in which the base is 9 rather than 10.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [adjective] > of specific scale

nonary1604

decimal1616

binary arithmetic1796

octal1801

sextuple1815

ternary1860

sextal1943

1604 T. Wright Succinct Philos. Declar. Clymactericall Yeeres 5 God hath appointed these Septuarie, and Nonarie yeeres as best seeming his wisdome and prouidence.

1850 U. Parke Lect. Philos. Arithm. (ed. 4) vi. 101 Perhaps in strictness, circulating decimals should be called nonary fractions, as their denominators are in nines instead of tens.

1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 215 The numbers..being kept in the nonary scale.

1931 Amer. Math. Monthly 38 170 If 1 be annexed to any triangular number in the nonary scale of notation, the result will be another triangular number.

1956 Sci. Monthly July 37/1 It might well be written in the nonary number system in which following the rule ‘add two’ would produce 11 and 13 as the next two terms.

1985 Pacific Affairs 58 692 The study contrasts the rectilinear Chinese nonary grid schemes..with the circular patterns of Western geometrical cosmography.

B. n.

1. A group of nine. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [noun] > group of nine

ninesomec1440

novenary1587

ennead1653

nonary1666

1666 Bp. S. Parker Free Censvre Platonick Philos. (1667) 83 This Ternary of Hierarchies, and Nonary of Orders do Circulate about the three fold Essence of God.

1839 Fraser's Mag. 20 205 The terrestrial gods and demigods will..form two ogdoads, and not a septenary and nonary, as Manetho has them.

1992 R. Panikkar in J. Ogilvy Revisioning Philos. iii. 237 I am proposing the most urgent and important nonary of points for an enlightened, loving, and thus healing involvement.

†2. Medicine. A fever recurring every eighth day (by inclusive reckoning every ninth day). Cf. nonan n. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > fever of specific duration

tertian1362

quartana1387

quotidiana1398

ephemera1398

quarterna1568

day-fever1601

nonan1601

quintan1601

septimane1601

sextan1601

semitertian1609

triple quartan1625

diary1640

septan1657

third ague1674

quartanary1684

subintrant1684

intermittent1693

nonary1747

seven day fever1788

octan1799

third-day ague1818

type-fever1819

triple tertian1822

triplicate quartan (ague)1822

tetartophyia1842

1747 tr. J. Astruc Academical Lect. Fevers 63 A tertian may also seem to be a nonary, its paroxysms being suppressed, except those which fall on every 9th day.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nonary
释义	nonaryadj.n. Brit. /ˈnəʊnəri/, U.S. /ˈnoʊnəri/ Forms: 1600s nonarie, 1600s– nonary. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nōnus , -ary suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin nōnus ninth (see nona- comb. form) + -ary suffix¹. A. adj. Of or relating to the number nine; (Mathematics) designating or belonging to a system of numerical notation in which the base is 9 rather than 10. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [adjective] > of specific scale nonary1604 decimal1616 binary arithmetic1796 octal1801 sextuple1815 ternary1860 sextal1943 1604 T. Wright Succinct Philos. Declar. Clymactericall Yeeres 5 God hath appointed these Septuarie, and Nonarie yeeres as best seeming his wisdome and prouidence. 1850 U. Parke Lect. Philos. Arithm. (ed. 4) vi. 101 Perhaps in strictness, circulating decimals should be called nonary fractions, as their denominators are in nines instead of tens. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 215 The numbers..being kept in the nonary scale. 1931 Amer. Math. Monthly 38 170 If 1 be annexed to any triangular number in the nonary scale of notation, the result will be another triangular number. 1956 Sci. Monthly July 37/1 It might well be written in the nonary number system in which following the rule ‘add two’ would produce 11 and 13 as the next two terms. 1985 Pacific Affairs 58 692 The study contrasts the rectilinear Chinese nonary grid schemes..with the circular patterns of Western geometrical cosmography. B. n. 1. A group of nine. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [noun] > group of nine ninesomec1440 novenary1587 ennead1653 nonary1666 1666 Bp. S. Parker Free Censvre Platonick Philos. (1667) 83 This Ternary of Hierarchies, and Nonary of Orders do Circulate about the three fold Essence of God. 1839 Fraser's Mag. 20 205 The terrestrial gods and demigods will..form two ogdoads, and not a septenary and nonary, as Manetho has them. 1992 R. Panikkar in J. Ogilvy Revisioning Philos. iii. 237 I am proposing the most urgent and important nonary of points for an enlightened, loving, and thus healing involvement. †2. Medicine. A fever recurring every eighth day (by inclusive reckoning every ninth day). Cf. nonan n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > fever of specific duration tertian1362 quartana1387 quotidiana1398 ephemera1398 quarterna1568 day-fever1601 nonan1601 quintan1601 septimane1601 sextan1601 semitertian1609 triple quartan1625 diary1640 septan1657 third ague1674 quartanary1684 subintrant1684 intermittent1693 nonary1747 seven day fever1788 octan1799 third-day ague1818 type-fever1819 triple tertian1822 triplicate quartan (ague)1822 tetartophyia1842 1747 tr. J. Astruc Academical Lect. Fevers 63 A tertian may also seem to be a nonary, its paroxysms being suppressed, except those which fall on every 9th day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1604
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