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Nonagesimal
Pronunciation : Non`a*ges"i*mal
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. nonagesimus the ninetieth. See Nonagenarian.] (Astron.)
Definition : Defn: Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Non`a*ges"i*mal
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The middle or highest point of the part of the ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon. It is the ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it is intersected by the horizon.
(Astron.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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