nonupletn.

Brit.

/ˈnɒnjᵿplᵻt/,

/nɒnˈjuːplᵻt/, U.S.

/nɑˈnəplət/,

/nɑˈn(j)uplət/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nōnus , -plet comb. form.

Etymology: < classical Latin nōnus ninth (see nona- comb. form) + -plet comb. form. Compare earlier nonupla n.

1. Music. A group of nine notes to be performed in the time of eight or six. rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > group of 3 in time of 2, etc.

hemiolia1597

triplet1786

septole1825

sextole1829

septimole1841

octuplet1852

septuplet1853

sextuplet1853

quintole1870

quadruplet1873

quintuplet1873

nonuplet1876

sextolet1876

triole1880

quintolet1884

triolet1888

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 308/2 Nonuplet, a collection of nine notes to be played in the time of eight, or six.

1997 S. Bruhn Images & Ideas Mod. French Piano Mus. 356 Component c consist of two segments that are rhythmically bound together in a nonuplet.

2. Each of nine siblings resulting from a single pregnancy. Usually in plural.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > quadruplets, etc. > one of

septuplet1875

quint1934

quin1935

nonuplet1967

1967 Guinness Bk. Records 16 Since 1900 one case of nonuplets, five cases of octuplets, 16 cases of septuplets and at least 18 cases of sextuplets have been reported.

1985 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 29 Mar. ii. 1/2 Nonuplets..were born in Philadelphia in 1972, and in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, in 1977, but in neither of those cases did any of the babies live.

1996 Independent 15 Aug. ii. 26/4 Nonuplets have been reliably reported on three occasions, but none of the 27 children survived.

3. Science. A multiplet (multiplet n. 2b) of nine subatomic particles (cf. nonet n. 2b); an aggregate of nine components. rare.

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the world > matter > physics > quantum theory > electron spin > multiplet > [noun] > of specific number of particles

sextuplet1900

singlet1920

triplet1923

octet1961

nonet1963

decimet1964

nonuplet1969

1969 Science 22 Aug. 760/2 A comparison of the K-meson, which belongs to the k = 0 nonuplet, with the ρ-meson, a member of the k = 1 nonuplet.

1983 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 80 2246/1 The number of triplets, sextuplets, and nonuplets [sc. channel complexes in mitochondrial membranes] actually exceeded the number of doublets, quintuplets, and octuplets, respectively.

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

单词	nonuplet
释义	nonupletn. Brit. /ˈnɒnjᵿplᵻt/, /nɒnˈjuːplᵻt/, U.S. /nɑˈnəplət/, /nɑˈn(j)uplət/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nōnus , -plet comb. form. Etymology: < classical Latin nōnus ninth (see nona- comb. form) + -plet comb. form. Compare earlier nonupla n. 1. Music. A group of nine notes to be performed in the time of eight or six. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > group of 3 in time of 2, etc. hemiolia1597 triplet1786 septole1825 sextole1829 septimole1841 octuplet1852 septuplet1853 sextuplet1853 quintole1870 quadruplet1873 quintuplet1873 nonuplet1876 sextolet1876 triole1880 quintolet1884 triolet1888 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 308/2 Nonuplet, a collection of nine notes to be played in the time of eight, or six. 1997 S. Bruhn Images & Ideas Mod. French Piano Mus. 356 Component c consist of two segments that are rhythmically bound together in a nonuplet. 2. Each of nine siblings resulting from a single pregnancy. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > quadruplets, etc. > one of septuplet1875 quint1934 quin1935 nonuplet1967 1967 Guinness Bk. Records 16 Since 1900 one case of nonuplets, five cases of octuplets, 16 cases of septuplets and at least 18 cases of sextuplets have been reported. 1985 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 29 Mar. ii. 1/2 Nonuplets..were born in Philadelphia in 1972, and in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, in 1977, but in neither of those cases did any of the babies live. 1996 Independent 15 Aug. ii. 26/4 Nonuplets have been reliably reported on three occasions, but none of the 27 children survived. 3. Science. A multiplet (multiplet n. 2b) of nine subatomic particles (cf. nonet n. 2b); an aggregate of nine components. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > quantum theory > electron spin > multiplet > [noun] > of specific number of particles sextuplet1900 singlet1920 triplet1923 octet1961 nonet1963 decimet1964 nonuplet1969 1969 Science 22 Aug. 760/2 A comparison of the K-meson, which belongs to the k = 0 nonuplet, with the ρ-meson, a member of the k = 1 nonuplet. 1983 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 80 2246/1 The number of triplets, sextuplets, and nonuplets [sc. channel complexes in mitochondrial membranes] actually exceeded the number of doublets, quintuplets, and octuplets, respectively. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1876
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