nonet
English
Etymology
From Italian nonetto, from nono (“ninth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɒˈnɛt/
| ← 8 | 9 | 10 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: nine Ordinal: ninth Abbreviated ordinal: 9th Latinate ordinal: nonary Adverbial: nine times Multiplier: ninefold Latinate multiplier: nonuple Germanic collective: ninesome Collective of n parts: nonuplet Greek or Latinate collective: ennead, nonad Greek collective prefix: ennea- Latinate collective prefix: nona- Fractional: ninth Elemental: nonuplet Number of musicians: nonet Number of years: novennium | ||
Noun
nonet (plural nonets)
- (music) A composition for nine instruments or nine voices.
- 1955 January 15, The Saturday Review, Recordings Reports: Jazz On LPs, page 38:
- The small-group sides are the best, with the nonet in particular coming through as a sparkling unit that deserves an LP to itself.
- (physics) A group of nine nuclear or subatomic particles.
- Hypernym: multiplet
- (computing) A byte of nine bits.
- 2005, Mark R. Crispin, RFC 4042: UTF-9 and UTF-18:
- The 9-bit nonet is a much more sensible representation.
Translations
composition
group of nine particles
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Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
nonet n (plural nonete)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | nonet | nonetul | nonete | nonetele | |
| genitive-dative | nonet | nonetului | nonete | nonetelor | |
| vocative | nonetule | nonetelor | |||
References
- nonet in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN