Definition of Nonuple

1. Adjective. Having nine units or components.

Exact synonyms: Nine-fold, Ninefold
Similar to: Multiple

Definition of Nonuple

1. a number nine times as great as another [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonuple

nonuniquely
nonuniqueness
nonuniquenesses
nonunital
nonunitary
nonunity
nonunivalent
nonuniversal
nonuniversally
nonuniversities
nonuniversity
nonupdated
nonupgradable
nonupgradeable
nonupgraded
nonuple (current term)
nonuples
nonuplet
nonuplets
nonupper
nonupset
nonuranium
nonurban
nonurbanite
nonurbanites
nonurea
nonurethane
nonurethral
nonurgency
nonurgent

Literary usage of Nonuple

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A French-English dictionary for chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"... m. nonuple effect (apparatus). non-usage, m. nonusage. non-valeur, /. waste, loss, deficiency; deduction; bad debt; unproductive property. ..."

2. A French grammar for schools and colleges: together with a brief reader and by William Henry Fraser, John Squair (1901)
"... quadruple. nonuple, ninefold. quintuple, fivefold. décuple, tenfold. sextuple, sixfold. centuple, hundredfold. As nouns, le double, the double, etc. ..."

3. The Monadology and Other Philosophical Writings by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Robert Latta (1898)
"... or triple effect in one and the same time, receives a quadruple or nonuple action. Thus actions are proportional to the squares of the velocities. ..."

4. A System of Mechanical Philosophy by John Robison, James Watt (1822)
"The force necessary for a quadruple condensation would be eight times greater, and for a nonuple condensation the force must be 27 times greater. ..."

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