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)

1. (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

• Nando, Andon, donna, Danno, andon, nonda, Donna