Dictionary

nonad en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈnəʊnæd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈnɑ-/ (General-American)
• /ˈnɒ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈnoʊnæd/ (General-American)

Etymology

From nona- + -ad.

Meanings

1. (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:
   • The beginning, middle and end of the nonad forms a triad, […] 2020, John Krey, The Structure of Knowledge Using Natural Patterns, page 3:

Forms

Deriveds

nonadic

Synonyms

ennead