  We define a "nit" as a radix n measure of quantum information which is based
on state partitions associated with the outcomes of n-ary observables and
which, for n>2, is fundamentally irreducible to a binary coding. Properties of
this measure for entangled many-particle states are discussed. k particles
specify k nits in such a way that k mutually commuting measurements of
observables with n possible outcomes are sufficient to determine the
information.
