Definition of Nonagesimal
1. a. Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.
2. n. The middle or highest point of the part of the ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon. It is the ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it is intersected by the horizon.
Medical Definition of Nonagesimal
1.
Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.
Origin: L. Nonagesimus the ninetieth. See Nonagenarian.
The middle or highest point of the part of the ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon. It is the ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it is intersected by the horizon.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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