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Nome(encyclopedia)

pilaster (oh) and nome (medicine)


pilaster (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: pilastre, from Italian, from Latin pila; PILLAR]
a flat square column attached to the wall of a building for decoration

nome (medicine)


nome


1. A province or political division, as of modern Greece or ancient Egypt; a nomarchy.

2. Any melody determined by inviolable rules.

Origin: Gr, fr. To deal out, distribute.

<mathematics> See Term.

Origin: Cf. Binomial.

Source: Websters Dictionary