nonad

English

Etymology

From nona- +‎ -ad.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊnæd/, /ˈnɒ-/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊnæd/, /ˈnɑ-/
Hyphenation: no‧nad

Noun

nonad (plural nonads)

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

Coordinate terms

(group) monad, duad/dyad, triad, tetrad, pentad, hexad, hebdomad/heptad, ogdoad/octad, ennead/nonad, decad/decade, hendecad, dodecad/duodecade, chiliad

Derived terms

nonadic

Translations

collection or series of nine things — see ennead

Anagrams

Danno, Donna, Nando, donna, nonda

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