† nonupartitionn.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nōnus , partition n.
Etymology: < classical Latin nōnus ninth (see nona- comb. form) + partition n. Compare octopartition n.
Mathematics.
Obsolete.
rare.
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [noun] > division by nine
a1690 S. Jeake (1696) 34 Nonupartition, or to take the ninth part of a number.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2020).