Definition of nonce Nonce

/nɑˈns/ - [nans] - nonce

We found 12 definitions of nonce from 5 different sources.

What does nonce mean?

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nonce - the present occasion; "for the nonce"
		time being

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nonce (Noun)
The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose now only in for the nonce .
nonce (Noun)
A nonce word .
nonce (Noun)
A number, usually generated randomly or from the time, used once in a cryptographic protocol, to prevent replay attack s.
nonce (Noun)
A sex offender , especially of children; a paedophile.
nonce (Noun)
A stupid or worthless person.
nonce (Noun)
A datum constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attack s.
nonce (Noun)
In a security engineering context, a value used only once.
nonce (Adjective)
Denoting something occurring once.

nonce (n.)
The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.

nonce
nons, n. (only in phrase 'for the nonce') the present time, occasion.—Nonce-word, a word specially coined, like Carlyle's gigmanity. [The substantive has arisen by mistake from 'for the nones,' originally for then ones, meaning simply 'for the once.']

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nonce in sign language