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nonette

nonette is the alternative form of nonet.

Meaning of nonet

Noun

nonet (plural nonets)

  1. A composition for nine instruments or nine voices.
    • The small-group sides are the best, with the nonet in particular coming through as a sparkling unit that deserves an LP to itself.1955 January 15, The Saturday Review, Recordings Reports: Jazz On LPs, page 38
  2. A group of nine nuclear or subatomic particles.
  3. A byte of nine bits.
    • The 9-bit nonet is a much more sensible representation.2005, Mark R. Crispin, RFC 4042: UTF-9 and UTF-18

Forms of nonette

pluralnonettes

Questions about nonette

What is nonette the alternative form of?
Nonette is the alternative form of nonet.

Words near nonette in the dictionary

  1. nonethylated
  2. nonethylene
  3. nonetiolated
  4. nonetiological
  5. nonets
  6. nonette
  7. nonettes
  8. nonetti
  9. nonetto
  10. nonettos
  11. nonetymological

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