Nonet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A combination of nine instruments or voices.
  • n. A composition written for such a combination.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a composition written for nine instruments or nine voices
  • n. a group of nine nuclear or subatomic particles
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A composition for nine instruments, rarely for nine voices.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In music, a composition for nine voices or instruments. Also nonetto.
    • Word Usage
    "As a member of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and with his own bands especially Brass Fantasy, a brass-and-drums nonet, he embraced both avant-garde values and the techniques of jazz's earliest trumpeters, employing smears, blats, growls and half-valve winces in new ways."
    Equivalent
    nonetto   
     
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