Nonet

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  • noun. A combination of nine instruments or voices.
  • noun. A composition written for such a combination.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In music, a composition for nine voices or instruments. Also nonetto.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A composition for nine instruments, rarely for nine voices.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a composition written for nine instruments or nine voices
  • noun. a group of nine nuclear or subatomic particles
  • Word Usage
    "The nonet was nothing if not bold: What other band in a post-9/11 world would use its liner notes to diagram a connection between major record labels and the military industrial complex?"
    Equivalent
    nonetto