Webster's Dictionary 1913

1405

Non sequitur

‖Non seq″ui‐tur (?). (Logic) An inference which does not follow from the premises.

1406

Non-

Non– (?). [L. non, OL. noenu, noenum, fr. neoenum, lit., not one. See None.] A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, no...

1407

Non-ego

‖Non–e″go (?), n.(Metaph.) The union of being and relation as distinguished from, and contrasted with, the ego. See Ego.

1408

Non-Episcopal

Non′–E‐pis″co‐pal (?), a. Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal church or system.

1409

Non-feasance

Non–fea″sance (?), n. [Pref. non- + OF. faisance a doing, fr. faire to do.] (Law) An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. Cf. Malfeasance.

1410

Non-pros

Non′–pros″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Nonprossed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Non-prossing (?).] To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment ...

1411

Nonability

Non′a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. 1. Want of ability.2. (Law) An exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he is unable legally to commence a suit.

1412

Nonacceptance

Non′ac‐cept″ance (?), n. A neglect or refusal to accept.

1413

Nonacid

Non‐ac″id (nŏn‐ăs″ĭd), a.(Chem.) Destitute of acid properties; hence, basic; metallic; positive; — said of certain atoms and radicals.

1414

Nonacquaintance

Non′ac‐quaint″ance (?), n. Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.

1415

Nonacquiescence

Non‐ac′qui‐es″cence (?), n. Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply.

1416

Nonadmission

Non′ad‐mis″sion (?), n. Failure to be admitted.

1417

Nonadult

Non′a‐dult″ (?), a. Not adult; immature.

1418

Nonaërobiotic

Non‐a′ër‐o‐bi‐ot″ic (?), a.(Biol.) Capable of living without atmospheric oxygen; anaërobiotic.

1419

Nonage

Non″age (?), n. [LL. nonagium, from L. nonus ninth, novem nine.] (Eccl.) The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishe...

1420

Nonage (2)

Non″age, n. [Pref. non- + age.] Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority.The human mind... was still in its nonage. Coleridge.

1421

Nonaged

Non″aged (?), a. Having the quality of nonage; being a minor; immature. W. Browne.

1422

Nonagenarian

Non′a‐ge‐na″ri‐an (?), n. [L. nonagenarius containing, or consisting of, ninety, fr. nonageni ninety each; akin to novem nine.] A person ninety years old.

1423

Nonagesimal

Non′a‐ges″i‐mal (?), a. [L. nonagesimus the ninetieth. See Nonagenarian.] (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.

1424

Nonagesimal (2)

Non′a‐ges″i‐mal, n.(Astron.) 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, ...

1425

Nonagon

Non″a‐gon (?), n. [L. nonus ninth + Gr. � angle.] (Math.) A figure or polygon having nine sides and nine angles.

1426

Nonagrian

Non‐a″gri‐an (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer.

1427

Nonalienation

Non‐al′ien‐a″tion (?), n. Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated.

1428

Nonane

Non″ane (?), n. [L. nonus ninth.] (Chem.) One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons C9H20 of the paraffin series; — so called because of the nine carbon atoms in the molecule. No...

1429

Nonappearance

Non′ap‐pear″ance (?), n. Default of appearance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.

1430

Nonappointment

Non′ap‐point″ment (?), n. Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive an appointment.

1431

Nonarrival

Non′ar‐riv″al (?), n. Failure to arrive.