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noncuplication en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌnɒnkjuːplɪˈkeɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • nŏn'kyo͞oplĭkāʹshən (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

noncuple (“multiply by nine”) + -ic + -ation

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, rare) Multiplication by nine.
    • Noncuplication, or to multiply by 9, adjoyn a Cypher to the Right hand of the 9. a. 1690, Samuel Jeake, A Compleat Body of Arithmetick, In Four Books, page 25: