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Nome
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of no'm (“no ma'am”). US, alt-of, alternative, regional
"Mother said, “Is he cold, Versh.” “Nome.” Versh said."
- 1 A seaport in West Alaska
- 2 A cape in West Alaska
- 3 A river in Alaska.
- 1 A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece.
"Laconia is the southernmost nome in the Peloponnese."
- 2 A type of musical composition in Ancient Greece.
- 3 A term in an algebraic expression. obsolete
- 4 A territorial division of ancient Egypt.
"Yet the part will be as the whole, and you will be the High Priest in this nome of Egypt."
- 5 A special function with which elliptic functions and modular forms can be described.
Etymology
From French nome, from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “district”), from νέμω (némō, “I divide”). Doublet of nomos.
From Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos), from νέμω (némō, “I divide”). Differs from Etymology 1 in the position of Ancient Greek accent, though from the same root.
Contraction.
The sense "term" is from French -nôme, second element of binôme etc., again from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós) here in its sense "division". The name of the special function may be identical or may be an independent borrowing from the Greek.
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