Nonet

Nonet

A nonet refers to a group of nine.

  • In music, a nonet is a composition which requires nine musicians for a performance. Spohr and Martinu composed nonets.
  • In poetry, a nonet is a nine line poem, with the first line containing nine syllables, the next eight, so on until the last line has one syllable. Nonets can be written about any subject, and rhyming is optional.
  • In computer technology, a nonet is a group of nine data bits. Such groups are not often used, so the term is much rarer than the related eight bit "octet".
  • In nuclear magnetic resonance spectra NMR, a nonet is a spectrum structure with nine peaks.
  • In particle physics, a nonet is a set of particles transforming as a nine dimensional representation of some symmetry group, one such occurs in mesons.

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  • nonet — NONÉT, nonete, s.n. Formaţie alcătuită din nouă persoane (instrumentişti sau cântăreţi) care execută împreună o compoziţie muzicală; p. ext. compoziţie muzicală compusă pentru o astfel de formaţie. – Din it. nonetto. Trimis de ana zecheru,… …   Dicționar Român

  • nonet — nònēt m <G nonéta> DEFINICIJA glazb. 1. skladba za devet glasova ili solističkih instrumenata 2. orkestar od devet instrumenata ili skupina od devet pjevača ETIMOLOGIJA engl. nonet, njem. Nonette, tal. nonetto ← lat., v. nona …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Nonet — No*net , Nonetto No*net to, n. [From L. nonus ninth, like E. duet, fr. L. duo.] (Mus.) A composition for nine instruments, rarely for nine voices. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • nonet — composition for nine instruments, 1865, from It. nonetto, from nono ninth, from L. nonus (see NONES (Cf. nones)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • nonet — [nō net′] n. [It nonetto < nono, ninth (L nonus) + (du)etto, duet] Music 1. a composition for nine voices or nine instruments 2. a group of nine performers of such a composition, or any group of nine musicians playing together …   English World dictionary

  • Nonet — Nonette Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Une nonnette est une jeune nonne. La Nonette est un affluent de l Oise. Un nonette ou nonet est un ensemble composé de neuf musiciens. La nonnette …   Wikipédia en Français

  • nonet — /noh net /, n. Music. 1. a group of nine performers or instruments. 2. a composition for a nonet. [1860 65; < It nonetto, deriv. of nono ninth < L nonus. See ET] * * * …   Universalium

  • nonet — noun a) a composition written for nine instruments or nine voices The small group sides are the best, with the nonet in particular coming through as a sparkling unit. b) a group of nine nuclear or subatomic particles …   Wiktionary

  • nonet — no•net [[t]noʊˈnɛt[/t]] n. 1) mad a group of nine voices or instruments 2) mad a composition for a nonet • Etymology: 1860–65; < It nonetto …   From formal English to slang

  • nonét — a m (ẹ̑) muz. ansambel, sestavljen iz devetih instrumentalistov ali pevcev: nastop, sestav noneta // skladba za tak ansambel: napisati nonet …   Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika

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