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N, n

  [en]
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–noun, plural N's or Ns, n's or 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

  [uhn]
–conjunction Pronunciation Spelling.
and: Stop 'n save. Look 'n listen.
Also, 'n'.

N

 
1. Physics. newton; newtons.
2. north.
3. northern.

N

 
Symbol.
1. the 14th in order or in a series, or, when I is omitted, the 13th.
2. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 90. Compare Roman numerals.
3. Chemistry. nitrogen.
4. Biochemistry. asparagine.
5. Mathematics. an indefinite, constant whole number, esp. the degree of a quantic or an equation, or the order of a curve.
6. Chess. knight.
7. Printing. en.
8. Chemistry. Avogadro's number.
9. neutron number.

n

 
Symbol.
1. Physics. neutron.
2. Optics. index of refraction.

n-

 
Chemistry.
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

 
var. of -an after a vowel: Virginian.

N.

 
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. name.
2. born. Origin:
< L nātus
3. nephew.
4. Commerce. net.
5. neuter.
6. new.
7. nominative.
8. noon.
9. Chemistry. normal (strength solution).
10. north.
11. northern.
12. Finance. note.
13. noun.
14. number.

an

2  [uhn; when stressed an]
–conjunction
1. Pronunciation Spelling. and.
2. Archaic. if.
Also, an', 'n, 'n'.

Origin:
1125–75; ME, unstressed phonetic var. of and
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knight   (nīt)   
n.  
    1. Abbr. Knt. or Kt. A medieval tenant giving military service as a mounted man-at-arms to a feudal landholder.
    2. Abbr. Knt. or Kt. A medieval gentleman-soldier, usually high-born, raised by a sovereign to privileged military status after training as a page and squire.
    3. Abbr. K. A man holding a nonhereditary title conferred by a sovereign in recognition of personal merit or service to the country.
    4. A defender, champion, or zealous upholder of a cause or principle.
    5. The devoted champion of a lady.
  2. Abbr. Knt. or Kt. A man belonging to an order or brotherhood.
    1. A defender, champion, or zealous upholder of a cause or principle.
    2. The devoted champion of a lady.
  4. Abbr. Kt or N Games A chess piece, usually in the shape of a horse's head, that can be moved two squares along a rank and one along a file or two squares along a file and one along a rank. The knight is the only piece that can jump other pieces to land on an open square.
tr.v.   knight·ed, knight·ing, knights
To raise (a person) to knighthood.

[Middle English, from Old English cniht.]
knight'ly adj. & adv., knight'li·ness n.
n 1 or N   (ěn)   
n.   pl. n's or N's also ns or Ns
  1. The 14th letter of the modern English alphabet.
  2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter n.
  3. The 14th in a series.
  4. Something shaped like the letter N.
n 2  
abbr.  
  1. Grammar neuter
  2. neutron
  3. also N Chemistry normal
N 1  
The symbol for the element nitrogen.
N 2  
abbr.  
  1. Printing en
  2. knight (chess)
  3. needs improvement
  4. newton
  5. nominative
    1. north
    2. northern
neu·tron   (nōō'trŏn', nyōō'-)   
n.   Abbr. n
An electrically neutral subatomic particle in the baryon family, having a mass 1,839 times that of the electron, stable when bound in an atomic nucleus, and having a mean lifetime of approximately 1.0 × 103 seconds as a free particle. It and the proton form nearly the entire mass of atomic nuclei. See Table at subatomic particle.

[neutr(al) + -on1.]
new·ton   (nōōt'n, nyōōt'n)   
n.   Abbr. N
In the meter-kilogram-second system, the unit of force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram one meter per second per second, equal to 100,000 dynes. See Table at measurement.

[After Sir Isaac Newton.]
ni·tro·gen   (nī'trə-jən)   
n.   Symbol N
A nonmetallic element that constitutes nearly four-fifths of the air by volume, occurring as a colorless, odorless, almost inert diatomic gas, N2, in various minerals and in all proteins and used in a wide variety of important manufactures, including ammonia, nitric acid, TNT, and fertilizers. Atomic number 7; atomic weight 14.0067; melting point -209.86°C; boiling point -195.8°C; valence 3, 5. See Table at element.

[French nitrogène : nitro-, nitric acid (from New Latin; see nitro-) + -gène, -gen.]
nor·mal   (nôr'məl)   
adj.  
  1. Conforming with, adhering to, or constituting a norm, standard, pattern, level, or type; typical: normal room temperature; one's normal weight; normal diplomatic relations.
  2. Biology Functioning or occurring in a natural way; lacking observable abnormalities or deficiencies.
  3. Abbr. n or N Chemistry
    1. Designating a solution having one gram equivalent weight of solute per liter of solution.
    2. Designating an aliphatic hydrocarbon having a straight and unbranched chain of carbon atoms.
    3. Being at right angles; perpendicular.
    4. Perpendicular to the direction of a tangent line to a curve or a tangent plane to a surface.
    5. Relating to or characterized by average intelligence or development.
    6. Free from mental illness; sane.
  4. Mathematics
    1. Being at right angles; perpendicular.
    2. Perpendicular to the direction of a tangent line to a curve or a tangent plane to a surface.
    3. Relating to or characterized by average intelligence or development.
    4. Free from mental illness; sane.
    1. Relating to or characterized by average intelligence or development.
    2. Free from mental illness; sane.
n.  
  1. Something normal; the standard: scored close to the normal.
  2. The usual or expected state, form, amount, or degree.
    1. Correspondence to a norm.
    2. An average.
  4. Mathematics A perpendicular, especially a perpendicular to a line tangent to a plane curve or to a plane tangent to a space curve.

[Middle English, from Late Latin normālis, from Latin, made according to the square, from norma, carpenter's square; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.]
nor'mal·ly adv.
north   (nôrth)   
n.  
  1. Abbr. N
    1. The direction along a meridian 90° counterclockwise from east; the direction to the left of sunrise.
    2. The cardinal point on the mariner's compass located at 0°.
    3. The northern part of the earth.
    4. The northern part of a region or country.
  2. An area or region lying in the north.
  3. often North
    1. The northern part of the earth.
    2. The northern part of a region or country.
  4. North The northern part of the United States, especially the states that fought for the Union in the Civil War.
adj.  
  1. To, toward, of, facing, or in the north.
  2. Originating in or coming from the north: a cold north wind.
adv.  In, from, or toward the north.

[Middle English, from Old English; see ner-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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N

N\ ([e^]n), the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 243-246.

Note: The letter N came into English through the Latin and Greek from the Ph[oe]nician, which probably derived it from the Egyptian as the ultimate origin. It is etymologically most closely related to M. See M.

N

N\, n. (Print.) A measure of space equal to half an M (or em); an en.
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Language Translation for : N
Spanish: enen,
German: zu; an; in; bei,
Japanese: ～に
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N

/N/ quant.
1. A large and indeterminate number of objects: "There were N bugs in that crock!" Also used in its original sense of a variable name: "This crock has N bugs, as N goes to infinity." (The true number of bugs is always at least N + 1; see Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology.)
2. A variable whose value is inherited from the current context. For example, when a meal is being ordered at a restaurant, N may be understood to mean however many people there are at the table. From the remark "We'd like to order N wonton soups and a family dinner for N - 1" you can deduce that one person at the table wants to eat only soup, even though you don't know how many people there are (see great-wall).
3. `Nth': adj. The ordinal counterpart of N, senses 1 and
2. "Now for the Nth and last time..." In the specific context "Nth-year grad student", N is generally assumed to be at least 4, and is usually 5 or more (see tenured graduate student). See also random numbers, two-to-the-N.
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N 
in nickname, newt, and Brit. dial. naunt, the -n- belongs to a preceding indefinite article an or possessive pronoun mine. Other examples of this from M.E. manuscripts include a neilond ("an island," c.1220), a narawe ("an arrow," c.1400), a noke ("an oak," c.1420), a nappyle ("an apple," c.1420). The process also worked in surnames, from oblique cases of O.E. at "by, near," e.g. Nock/Nokes/Noaks from atten Oke "by the oak;" Nye from atten ye "near the lowland." The loss of it to a preceding a is more common: apron, auger, adder, umpire, humble pie, etc. The mathematical use of n for "an indefinite number" is first recorded 1852, in to the nth power.
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N

A Nasdaq stock symbol specifying that it is the company's third class of preferred shares.

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Nasdaq-listed securities have four or five characters. If a fifth letter appears, it identifies the issue as other than a single issue of common stock or capital stock.

See also: Nasdaq, Preferred Stock, Stock Symbol

Also spelled: N

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n

Used in stock transaction tables in newspapers to indicate a new stock that has been listed within the past 52 weeks. The high and low prices are for a period of less than a year: WeinR n.

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Main Entry: n
Pronunciation: 'en
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural n's or ns /'enz/
1 : thehaploid or gametic number of chromosomes —compare X
2 capitalized : an antigen of human blood thatshares a common genetic locus with the M antigen

Main Entry: N
Function: abbreviation
1 nasal
2 newton
3 usually italic normal (sense 4a) —used of solutions <0.1 Nhydrochloric acid>

Main Entry: N
Function: symbol
1 nitrogen —usually italicized when used as a prefix <N-allylnormorphine>
2 index of refraction
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n 2
abbr.
refractive index

N 1

The symbol for the element nitrogen.

N 2
abbr.
newton

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N  
  1. Abbreviation of newton
  2. The symbol for nitrogen.

nitrogen   (nī'trə-jən)  Pronunciation Key 
Symbol N
A nonmetallic element that makes up about 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume, occurring as a colorless, odorless gas. It is a component of all proteins, making it essential for life, and it is also found in various minerals. Nitrogen is used to make ammonia, nitric acid, TNT, and fertilizers. Atomic number 7; atomic weight 14.0067; melting point -209.86°C; boiling point -195.8°C; valence 3, 5. See Periodic Table. See Note at oxygen.
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N mathematics, programming, jargon
A variable typically used to stand for a number of objects.
Used unqualified in speech it suggests a large, undetermined number, e.g. "There were N bugs in that crock!", or a number implied by context, e.g. "Let's get pizza for N + 1".
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n
  1. indefinite number
  2. neuter
  3. neutron
  4. new
  5. normal
  6. note
N
  1. en
  2. knight
  3. name
  4. needs improvement
  5. Newton
  6. New York Stock Exchange
  7. nitrogen
  8. no (shortwave transmission)
  9. nominative
  10. noon
  11. north
  12. northern
  13. Norway (international vehicle ID)
  14. not (shortwave transmission)
  15. noun
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