nonic

Meaning

Adjective

• Describing a polynomial that has 9 as the highest exponent of its terms.
• Describing a curve the equation of which is nonic.
• Describing a type of beer glass used in British public houses; in the form of a truncated cone with a bulge around outside, just below the rim.

Origin

• From the Latin nōnus ("ninth") -ic.
• From nonik (c. 1918; patented 1913), trade name for no-nick, by the Nonik Glassware Company.