NONAGE

In Law. See Infant, Minority. NONAGESIMAL (Lat. nonage sim us, the ninetieth), ■nth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from either of the points in which it by the horizon. It is therefore the highest point of the ecliptic at any instant, and its altitude is equal to the distance of the pole from the zenith. Theli' the moon.nOnagesimnl is used in calcuNAGON. (Lat. novem, and ytovta, angle.) In Geometry, a plane figure having nine angles, and, consequently, nine sides. The area of a regular nonagon is = 10 = 6-181 99 13, the side being 1. Nov COMPOS. [s. 847]