nonary

English

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin nōnārius, from nōnus (“ninth”) + -ārius (whence the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English suffix -ary).

Adjective

nonary (not comparable)

1. Of ninth rank or order.
   • 1984 January 9, L. J. Walpole, “Fourth-Rank Tensors of the Thirty-Two Crystal Classes: Multiplication Tables”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, volume 391, number 1800, →JSTOR, pages 149-179:

     […] and the rhombic algebra is established as the direct sum of the nonary subalgebra of the U_pq and of the three unary subalgebras generated individually by V, W and X, […]

See also

• primary (1)
• secondary (2)
• tertiary (3)
• quaternary (4)
• quinary (5)
• senary (6)
• septenary (7)
• octonary (8)
• denary (10)
• duodenary (12)
• vigenary (20)