nonad
nounUK /ˈnəʊnæd/ · US /ˈnoʊnæd/
Etymology From nona- + -ad.
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Rare Synonym of ennead (“collection or series of nine things”).
- By Trisection of the three sections of a Tripartite circle. Symbolical of a nonad or nine fold nature of the Deity.1891, The Yoga-vásishtha-mahárámáyana of Válmiki:
- The nonuply perspective nonads of Milne are distinct from all cases of cyclic nonads given by the theory of section I. of this paper […]1921, Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, page 6:
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- The beginning, middle and end of the nonad forms a triad, […]2020, John Krey, The Structure of Knowledge Using Natural Patterns, page 3:
- Derived terms
- nonadic