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N, n    Audio Help   [en] Pronunciation Key
–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.
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'n    Audio Help   [uhn] Pronunciation Key
–conjunction Pronunciation Spelling.
and: Stop 'n save. Look 'n listen.
Also,'n'.
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N
1.Physics. newton; newtons.
2.north.
3.northern.
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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.
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n
Symbol.
1.Physics. neutron.
2.Optics. index of refraction.
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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.
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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.
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an2    Audio Help   [uhn; when stressed an] Pronunciation Key
–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    Audio Help   (nīt)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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n 1 or N    Audio Help   (ěn)  Pronunciation Key 
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.

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n 2  
abbr.  
  1. Grammar neuter
  2. neutron
  3. also N Chemistry normal

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N 1  
The symbol for the element nitrogen.

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N 2  
abbr.  
  1. Printing en
  2. knight (chess)
  3. needs improvement
  4. newton
  5. nominative
    1. north
    2. northern

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neu·tron    Audio Help   (nōō'trŏn', nyōō'-)  Pronunciation Key 
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.]

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new·ton    Audio Help   (nōōt'n, nyōōt'n)  Pronunciation Key 
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.]

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ni·tro·gen    Audio Help   (nī'trə-jən)  Pronunciation Key 
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.]

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nor·mal    Audio Help   (nôr'məl)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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north    Audio Help   (nôrth)  Pronunciation Key 
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 
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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noun
1. a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues [syn: nitrogen] 
2. the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees [syn: north] 
3. a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes [syn: newton] 
4. (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter [syn: normality] 
5. the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet 

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

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nitrogen    Audio Help   (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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Ex*po"nent\, n. [L. exponens, -entis, p. pr. of exponere to put out, set forth, expose. See Expound.]

1. (Alg.) A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a factor to produce the power indicated;

Note: thus a^2 denotes the second power, and a^n the xth power, of a (2 and x being the exponents). A fractional exponent, or index, is used to denote the root of a quantity. Thus, a^1/3 denotes the third or cube root of a.

2. One who, or that which, stands as an index or representative; as, the leader of a party is the exponent of its principles.

Exponent of a ratio, the quotient arising when the antecedent is divided by the consequent; thus, 6 is the exponent of the ratio of 30 to 5. [R.]
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In*fe"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. of inferus that is below, underneath, the lower; akin to E. under: cf. F. inf['e]rieur. See Under.]

1. Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.

A thousand inferior and particular propositions. --I. Watts.

The body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior nature. --Burke.

Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge. --Dryden.

2. Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.

3. (Astron.) (a) Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus. (b) Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.

4. (Bot.) (a) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx. (b) On the side of a flower which is next the bract; anterior.

5. (Min.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.

Inferior court (Law), a court subject to the jurisdiction of another court known as the superior, or higher, court.

Inferior letter, Inferior figure (Print.), a small letter or figure standing at the bottom of the line (opposed to superior letter or figure), as in A_2, B_n, 2 and n are inferior characters.

Inferior tide, the tide corresponding to the moon's transit of the meridian, when below the horizon.
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  1. indefinite number
  2. neuter
  3. neutron
  4. new
  5. normal
  6. note

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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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