Defn: Having a separate and simple tendon to flex the first toe, or hallux, as do passerine birds.
NOMOTHETE
Nom"o*thete, n. Etym: [Gr. nomothète.]
Defn: A lawgiver. [R.]
NOMOTHETIC; NOMOTHETICAL
Nom`o*thet"ic, Nom`o*thet"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Legislative; enacting laws; as, a nomothetical power. [R.] Bp.
Barlow.
NON
Non, a.
Defn: No; not. See No, a. Chaucer.
NON-
Non-. Etym: [L. non, OL. noenu, noenum, fr. neoenum, lit., not one.
See None.]
Defn: A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit.
Note: The prefix non- may be joined to the leading word by means of a hyphen, or, in most cases, the hyphen may be dispensed with. The list of words having the prefix non- could easily be lengthened.