Ennead

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ennead \En"ne*ad\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, fr. 'enne`a nine.]
     The number nine or a group of nine.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {The Enneads}, the title given to the works of the
        philosopher Plotinus, published by his pupil Porphyry; --


        so called because each of the six books into which it is
        divided contains nine chapters.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ennead
       n : the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one [syn: {nine},
            {9}, {IX}, {niner}, {Nina from Carolina}]