nonet
English
Etymology
Italian nonetto, from nono (“ninth”).
Noun
nonet (plural nonets)
- (music) A composition for nine instruments or nine voices.
- 1955 January 15, The Saturday Review, Recordings Reports: Jazz On LPs, page 38:
- The small-group sides are the best, with the nonet in particular coming through as a sparkling unit that deserves an LP to itself.
- (physics) A group of nine nuclear or subatomic particles.
- (computing) A byte of nine bits.
- 2005, Mark R. Crispin, RFC 4042: UTF-9 and UTF-18
- The 9-bit nonet is a much more sensible representation.
- 2005, Mark R. Crispin, RFC 4042: UTF-9 and UTF-18
Translations
composition
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group of nine particles
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