nonad
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊnæd/, /ˈnɒ-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnoʊnæd/, /ˈnɑ-/
- Rhymes: -əʊnæd, -oʊnæd
- Hyphenation: no‧nad
Noun edit
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 edit
- (group) monad, duad/dyad, triad, tetrad, pentad, hexad, hebdomad/heptad, ogdoad/octad, ennead/nonad, decad/decade, hendecad, dodecad/duodecade, chiliad
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
collection or series of nine things — see ennead