NONAGON

, a figure having nine sides and angles. —In a regular Nonagon, or that whose angles, and sides, are all equal, if each side be 1, its area will be 6.1818242 = 9/4 of the tangent of 70°, to the radius 1. See my Mensuration, p. 114, 2d edit.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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NOCTILUCA
NODES
NODUS
NOLLET (the Abbé John Anthony)
NONAGESIMAL
* NONAGON
NONES
NONIUS
NORMAL
NORTHING
NOSTRADAMUS (Michel)