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N

1
Or n

[en]

noun

plural

N's, Ns, n's, ns. 

  1. the 14th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

  2. any spoken sound represented by the letter N or n, as in now, dinner, son, etc.

  3. something having the shape of an N .

  4. a written or printed representation of the letter N or n.

  5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter N or n.

n.

2

abbreviation

  1. born.

N

3

abbreviation

  1. Physics.newton; newtons.

  2. north.

  3. northern.

n.

4

abbreviation

  1. name.

  2. nephew.

  3. Commerce.net.

  4. neuter.

  5. new.

  6. nominative.

  7. noon.

  8. Chemistry.normal (strength solution).

  9. north.

  10. northern.

  11. Finance.note.

  12. noun.

  13. number.

N

5
Symbol.

  1. the 14th in order or in a series.

  2. (sometimes lowercase)the medieval Roman numeral for 90.

  3. Chemistry.

    1. nitrogen.

    2. Avogadro's number.

  4. Biochemistry.asparagine.

  5. Mathematics.an indefinite, constant whole number, especially the degree of a quantic or an equation, or the order of a curve.

  6. Chess.knight.

  7. Printing.en.

  8. Physics.neutron number.

n

6
Symbol.

  1. Physics.neutron.

  2. Optics.index of refraction.

'n

7
Or 'n'

[uhn]

conjunction

Informal.

  1. a shortened form of and: Look 'n listen.

    Stop 'n save.

    Look 'n listen.

n-

8
Chemistry.

  1. an abbreviated form of normal, used in the names of hydrocarbon compounds that have a normal or straight chain of carbon atoms.

    n-3 fatty acid.

-n

9

  1. variant of -an after a vowel.

    Virginian.

N.

10

abbreviation

  1. Nationalist.

  2. Navy.

  3. New.

  4. Noon.

  5. Chemistry.normal (strength solution).

  6. Norse.

  7. north.

  8. northern.

  9. Finance.note.

  10. November.

N

1

symbol

  1. Also: kt.chess knight

  2. neper

  3. neutral

  4. newton(s)

  5. chem nitrogen

  6. North

  7. Avogadro's number

  8. noun

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abbreviation

  1. Norway (international car registration)

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n.

2

abbreviation

  1. natus

  2. neuter

  3. new

  4. nominative

  5. noun

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n

3

symbol

  1. neutron

  2. optics index of refraction

  3. nano-

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n

4

/ ɛ /

noun

  1. the 14th letter and 11th consonant of the modern English alphabet

  2. a speech sound represented by this letter, usually an alveolar nasal, as in nail

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n

5

/ ɛ /

determiner

  1. an indefinite number (of)

    there are n objects in a box

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n-

6

prefix

  1. chem short for normal

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Word History and Origins

Origin of N1

From the Latin word ٳܲ

Origin of N2

A phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of the word in continuous rapid speech
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Word History and Origins

Origin of N1

(for sense 1) Latin: born

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