nonad

English

Etymology

From nona- +‎ -ad.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊnæd/, /ˈnɒ-/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊnæd/, /ˈnɑ-/
Rhymes: -əʊnæd, -oʊnæd
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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