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–conjunction

1.	(used in negative phrases, esp. after neither, to introduce the second member in a series, or any subsequent member): Neither he nor I will be there. They won't wait for you, nor for me, nor for anybody.

2.	(used to continue the force of a negative, as not, no, never, etc., occurring in a preceding clause): He left and I never saw him again, nor did I regret it.

3.	(used after an affirmative clause, or as a continuative, in the sense of and not): They are happy, nor need we worry.

4.	Older Use. than.

5.	Archaic. (used without a preceding neither, the negative force of which is understood): He nor I was there.

6.	Archaic. (used instead of neither as correlative to a following nor): Nor he nor I was there.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME, contr. of nother, OE nōther, equiv. to ne not + ōther (contr. of ōhwæther) either; cf. or¹

]

—Usage note See neither.

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–noun

a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when both operands are negative.

[Origin: 1955–60

]

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Nor.

Norman.

North.

Northern.

Norway.

5.	Norwegian.

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nor.

north.

northern.

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nor¹ Audio Help (nôr; nər when unstressed) Pronunciation Key
conj. And not; or not; not either: has neither phoned nor written us; life forms that are neither plants nor animals.

[Middle English : ne, no; see no¹ + or, or; see or¹.]

Usage Note: When using neither in a balanced construction that negates two parts of a sentence, nor (not or) must be used in the second clause: She is neither able nor (not or) willing to go. Similarly, when negating the second of two negative independent clauses, nor (not or) must be used: He cannot find anyone now, nor does he expect to find anyone in the future; Jane will never compromise with Bill, nor will Bill compromise with Jane. Note that in these constructions, nor causes an inversion of the auxiliary verb and the subject (does he ... will Bill ...). However, when a verb is negated by not or never, and is followed by a verb phrase that is also to be negated (but not an entire clause), either or or nor can be used: He will not permit the change, or (or nor) even consider it. In noun phrases of the type no this or that, or is actually more common than nor: He has no experience or interest (less frequently nor interest) in chemistry. Or is also more common than nor when such a noun phrase, adjective phrase, or adverb phrase is introduced by not: He is not a philosopher or a statesman. They were not rich or happy. See Usage Notes at neither, or¹.

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nor² Audio Help (nôr, nər when unstressed) Pronunciation Key
conj. Chiefly Southern & Midland U.S.
Than.

[Middle English, perhaps ultimately from nor, nor; see nor¹.]

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NOR Audio Help (nôr) Pronunciation Key
n. A logical operator that consists of a logical OR followed by a logical NOT and returns a true value only if both operands are false.

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nor

c.1300, contraction of M.E. nauther (see neither). Influenced in form by or.

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nor

see hide nor hair; neither fish nor fowl; neither here nor there; rhyme or reason (neither rhyme nor reason).

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nor [noː] conjunction

and not; neither
Example: He did not know then what had happened, nor did he ever find out; I'm not going, nor is John.

Arabic:	وَلا
Chinese (Simplified):	也不
Chinese (Traditional):	也不
Czech:	ani
Danish:	ej heller; heller ikke
Dutch:	noch
Estonian:	ega
Finnish:	ei … eikä
French:	d'ailleurs, non plus
German:	auch nicht
Greek:	ούτε
Hungarian:	sem
Icelandic:	(hvorki .{{TH}}.{{TH}}.) né
Indonesian:	juga tidak
Italian:	neanche, nemmeno

Japanese:	～も～ない
Korean:	…도 또한 …아니다
Latvian:	arī ne
Lithuanian:	taip ir… ne-, taip pat ne-
Norwegian:	heller ikke, (verken) … eller
Polish:	ani (też)
Portuguese (Brazil):	nem
Portuguese (Portugal):	nem
Romanian:	nici
Russian:	(да) и не; также не; не, ни
Slovak:	ani
Slovenian:	niti
Spanish:	ni, tampoco
Swedish:	… och inte heller
Turkish:	(ve) ne de

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NOR
Not OR.
The Boolean function which is true if none of its inputs are true and false otherwise, the logical complement of inclusive OR. The binary (two-input) NOR function can be defined (written as an infix operator):
A NOR B = NOT (A OR B) = (NOT A) AND (NOT B)
Its truth table is:
A | B | A NOR B --+---+--------- F | F | T F | T | F T | F | F T | T | F
NOR, like NAND, forms a complete set of Boolean functions on its own since it can be used to make NOT, AND, OR and any other Boolean function:
NOT A = A NOR A
A OR B = NOT (A NOR B)
A AND B = (NOT A) NOR (NOT B)
(1995-02-06)

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Bel-Nor, MO (village, FIPS 4348) Location: 38.70320 N, 90.31637 W
Population (1990): 2935 (1134 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Nor

Nei"ther\ (? or ?; 277), a. [OE. neiter, nother, nouther, AS. n[=a]w?er, n[=a]hw[ae]?er; n[=a] never, not + hw[ae]?er whether. The word has followed the form of either. See No, and Whether, and cf. Neuter, Nor.] Not either; not the one or the other.

Which of them shall I take? Both? one? or neither? Neither can be enjoyed, If both remain alive. --Shak.

He neither loves, Nor either cares for him. --Shak.

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