单词 | nonuple |
释义 | nonuplen.adj. rare. A ninefold number or amount; a thing that consists of nine parts. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1879 Amer. Jrnl. Math. 2 283 We should then be able to affirm that any prime 18n ∓1 itself, or its nonuple could be resolved into the sum of two cubes. B. adj. Consisting of nine parts or things; nine times as many or as much, ninefold. ΚΠ 1921 Amer. Naturalist 55 259 The number of sets affected by duplications may be indicated by the terms: simple, double,..octuple,..duodecuple. 1988 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 27 336 If, as Nossiter claims, the double vote was a real stumbling block to the development of party in the nineteenth century, the septuple, octuple, and nonuple vote should have posed insurmountable obstacles to partisan behaviour. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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