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no⋅net

  [noh-net]
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–noun Music.
1. a group of nine performers or instruments.
2. a composition for a nonet.
Origin:
1860–65; < It nonetto, deriv. of nono ninth < L nōnus. See -et
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no·net   (nō-nět')   
n.  

  1. A combination of nine instruments or voices.

  2. A composition written for such a combination.


[Italian nonetto, from diminutive of nono, ninth, from Latin nōnus; see nones.]
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