2. The science of the laws of the mind; rational psychology. Sir W.
Hamilton.
Nom`o*pel"mous (?), a. [Gr. &?; law, custom + &?; sole of the foot.]
(Zoöl.) Having a separate and simple tendon to flex the first toe, or
hallux, as do passerine birds.
Nom"o*thete (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; + &?; to assign: cf. F. nomothète.] A
lawgiver. [R.]
{ Nom`o*thet"ic (?), Nom`o*thet"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;.] Legislative;
enacting laws; as, a nomothetical power. [R.] Bp. Barlow.
Non (?), a. No; not. See No, a. Chaucer.
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, nonmetallic, nonsuit.
The prefix non- may be joined to the leading word by means of a hyphen,
or, in most cases, the hyphen may be dispensed with. The list of words
having the prefix non- could easily be lengthened.
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.
Non`ac*cept"ance (?), n. A neglect or refusal to accept.
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Non*ac"id (?), a. (Chem.) Destitute of acid properties; hence, basic;
metallic; positive; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.
Non`ac*quaint"ance (?), n. Want of acquaintance; the state of being
unacquainted.
Non*ac`qui*es"cence (?), n. Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield
or comply.
Non`ad*mis"sion (?), n. Failure to be admitted.
Non`a*dult" (?), a. Not adult; immature.
Non*a`ër*o*bi*ot"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Capable of living without
atmospheric oxygen; anaërobiotic.
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 parishes. Mozley & W.
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.
Non"aged (?), a. Having the quality of nonage; being a minor; immature.
W. Browne.
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.
Non`a*ges"i*mal (?), a. [L. nonagesimus the ninetieth. See
Nonagenarian.] (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to
a nonagesimal.
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, reckoned from the points in which
it is intersected by the horizon.
Non"a*gon (?), n. [L. nonus ninth + Gr. &?; angle.] (Math.) A figure or
polygon having nine sides and nine angles.
Non*a"gri*an (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.) Any moth of the genus
Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer.
Non*al`ien*a"tion (?), n. Failure to alienate; also, the state of not
being alienated.
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. Normal nonane is a colorless
volatile liquid, an ingredient of ordinary kerosene.
Non`ap*pear"ance (?), n. Default of appearance, as in court, to
prosecute or defend; failure to appear.
Non`ap*point"ment (?), n. Neglect of making appointment; failure to
receive an appointment.
Non`ar*riv"al (?), n. Failure to arrive.
||Non` as*sump"sit (?). [L., he did not undertake.] (Law) The general
||plea or denial in an action of assumpsit.
Non`at*tend"ance (?), n. A failure to attend; omission of attendance;
nonappearance.
Non`at*ten"tion (?), n. Inattention.
Non`bi*tu"mi*nous (?), a. Containing no bitumen; not bituminous.
Nonce (nns), n. [For the nonce, OE. for the nones, a corruption of for
then ones, where n. in then is a relic of AS. m in ðam, dat. of the
article and demonstrative pronoun, E. the. See For, Once, and The.] The
one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in
the phrase for the nonce.
The miller was a stout carl for the nones.
Chaucer.
And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him A chalice for
the nonce.
Shak.
Nonce word, "a word apparently employed only for the nonce". Murray
(New English Dict.).
||Non`cha`lance" (?), n. [F. See Nonchalant.] Indifference;
||carelessness; coolness.
||Non`cha`lant" (?), a. [F., fr. non not (L. non) + chaloir to concern
||one's self for, fr. L. calere to be warm, to be inflamed with desire,
||to be troubled. See Non-, and Caldron.] Indifferent; careless; cool.
Non"cha*lant`ly (?), adv. In a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless
manner; coolly.
Non"claim` (?), n. A failure to make claim within the time limited by
law; omission of claim.
Non`co*he"sion (?), n. Want of cohesion.
Non`co*in"ci*dence, n. Lack of coincidence.
Non`co*in"ci*dent (?), a. Not coincident.
Non*com"bat*ant (?), n. (Mil.) Any person connected with an army, or
within the lines of an army, who does not make it his business to
fight, as any one of the medical officers and their assistants,
chaplains, and others; also, any of the citizens of a place occupied by
an army; also, any one holding a similar position with respect to the
navy.
Non`com*mis"sioned (?), a. Not having a commission.
Noncommissioned officer (Mil.), a subordinate officer not appointed by
a commission from the chief executive or supreme authority of the
State; but by the Secretary of War or by the commanding officer of the
regiment.
Non`com*mit"tal (?), n. A state of not being committed or pledged;
forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.
Non`com*mun"ion (?), n. Neglect or failure of communion.
Non`com*ple"tion (?), n. Lack of completion; failure to complete.
Non`com*pli"ance (?), n. Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.
Non`com*ply"ing (?), a. Neglecting or refusing to comply.
{ ||Non com"pos (?). ||Non com"pos men"tis (?). } [L.] Not of sound
mind; not having the regular use of reason; hence, also, as a noun, an
idiot; a lunatic; one devoid of reason, either by nature or from
accident.
Non"con. (&?;), n. See Noncontent.
Non`con*clud"ing (?), a. Not concluding.
Non`con*cur" (?), v. i. To dissent or refuse to concur.
Non`con*cur"rence (?), n. Refusal to concur.
Non`con*den"si*ble (?), a. Not condensible; incapable of being
liquefied; -- said of gases.
Non`con*dens"ing, a. (Steam Engine) Not condensing; discharging the
steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of
the atmosphere and not into a condenser.
Non`con*duct"ing (?), a. Not conducting; not transmitting a fluid or
force; thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance.
Non`con*duc"tion (?), n. The quality of not being able to conduct or
transmit; failure to conduct.
Non`con*duct"or (?), n. (Physics) A substance which does not conduct,
that is, convey or transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or
the like, or which transmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as,
wool is a nonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are nonconductors of
electricity.
Non`con*form"ing (?), a. Not conforming; declining conformity;
especially, not conforming to the established church of a country.
Non`con*form"ist, n. One who does not conform to an established church;
especially, one who does not conform to the established church of
England; a dissenter.
Non*con*form"i*ty (?), n. Neglect or failure of conformity; especially,
in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church
in its rites and modes of worship.
||Non`con"stat (?), n. [Law L.] It does not appear; it is not plain or
||clear; it does not follow.
Non`con*ta"gious (?), a. Not contagious; not catching; not communicable
by contact. -- Non`con*ta"gious*ness, n.
Non`con*tent" (?), n. (British House of Lords) One who gives a negative
vote; -- sometimes abridged into noncon. or non con.
{ Non`con*trib"u*ting (?), Non`con*trib"u*to*ry (?) }, a. Not
contributing.
Non"da (?), n. (Bot.) The edible plumlike fruit of the Australian tree,
Parinarium Nonda.
Non*dec"ane (?), n. [L. nonus ninth + decem ten.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon
of the paraffin series, a white waxy substance, C19H40; -- so called
from the number of carbon atoms in the molecule.
Non`de*cid"u*ate (?), a. (Anat.) Characterized by the absence of a
decidua; indeciduate.
Non`de*liv"er*y (?), n. A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of
delivery.
Non*dep`o*si"tion (?), n. A failure to deposit or throw down.
Non"de*script (?), a. [Pref. non- + L. descriptus described.] Not
hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.
Non"de*script, n. A thing not yet described; that of which no account
or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly
classifiable.
Non`de*vel"op*ment (?), n. Failure or lack of development.
Non`dis*cov"er*y (?), n. Want or failure of discovery.
Non"do (?), n. (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant (Ligusticum
actæifolium) with a large aromatic root. It is found chiefly in the
Alleghany region. Also called Angelico.
None (?), a. & pron. [OE. none, non, nan, no, na, AS. nn, fr. ne not +
n one. &?;. See No, a. & adv., One, and cf. Non-, Null, a.]
1. No one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also partitively,
or as a plural, not any.
There is none that doeth good; no, not one.
Ps. xiv. 3.
Six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the
Sabbath, in it there shall be none.
Ex. xvi. 26.
Terms of peace yet none Vouchsafed or sought.
Milton.
None of their productions are extant.
Blair.
2. No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as,
thou shalt have none assurance of thy life.
None of, not at all; not; nothing of; -- used emphatically. "They knew
that I was none of the register that entered their admissions in the
universities." Fuller. -- None-so-pretty (Bot.), the Saxifraga umbrosa.
See London pride (a), under London.
None, n. [F.] Same as Nones, 2.
Non`ef*fect"ive (?), a. 1. Not effective.