adjective
- consisting of nine parts or elements; ninefold
Usage: formal; mathematical
noun
- a set or group of nine things
Usage: formal; mathematical
verb
- to multiply by nine; to make nine times as much
Usage: formal; mathematical
Examples
- The nonuple alliance included nine different nations.
- A nonuple birth would involve nine babies born at once.
- The mathematician studied the properties of nonuple sequences.
- The recipe called for a nonuple portion of spices.
- The company’s profits nonupled over the decade.
- She arranged the items in a nonuple pattern.