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plural nonets
(music) A composition for nine instruments or nine voices. quotations examples
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
(physics) A group of nine nuclear or subatomic particles. examples
(computing) A byte of nine bits. quotations examples
The 9-bit nonet is a much more sensible representation.
2005, Mark R. Crispin, RFC 4042: UTF-9 and UTF-18