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N

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Noun

1. atomic number 7, n, nitrogen

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

2. due north, n, north, northward

the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees

3. n, newton

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

4. n, normality

(of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter

5. n

the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

N

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nounWord forms: plural n's, N's or Ns
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
symbol for
1. 
neutron
2. optics
index of refraction
3. 
nano-
determiner
an indefinite number (of)
there are n objects in a box
symbol for
1. Also: kt chess
knight
2. 
neper
3. 
neutral
4. 
newton(s)
5. chemistry
nitrogen
6. 
North
7. 
Avogadro's number
8. 
noun
abbreviation for
9. 
Norway (international car registration)
abbreviation for
1. 
natus
2. 
neuter
3. 
new
4. 
nominative
5. 
noun
conjunction
an informal variant of and

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N

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conjunction
and
an informal spelling
fish 'n' chips, fun 'n' games
1.  Chess
knight
2. 
National
3. 
Navy
4. 
neutral (on automotive automatic-shift indicators)
5. 
newton
6. 
Norse
7. 
North
8. 
north
9. 
northern
10. 
November
1.  symbol
Avogadro constant
, often written NA
2.  Chemistry
nitrogen
nounWord forms: plural N's or n's
1. 
the fourteenth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek nu, a borrowing from the Phoenician
2. 
any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (n) of night
3. 
a type or impression for n or N
4. 
the fourteenth in a sequence or group
5.  Printing
an en (half an em)
6. 
an object shaped like N
adjective
7. 
of n or N
8. 
fourteenth in a sequence or group
9. 
shaped like N
1. 
born
2.  Ancient Mathematics
indefinite number
3. 
nail
4. 
name
5. 
nano-
6. 
national
7. 
nephew
8. 
net
9. 
neuter
10.  Physics
neutron
11. 
new
12. 
nominative
13. 
noon
14. 
north
15. 
northern
16. 
note
17. 
noun
18. 
number

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

N

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abbr.
1. Grammar neuter
2. neutron
3. n Chemistry normal
abbr.
1. Printing en
2. knight (chess)
3. needs improvement
4. newton
5. nominative
6. N Chemistry normality
7.
a. north
b. northern
conj.
Informal
And: mac 'n' cheese.
abbr.
Norse
abbr.
1. Latin natus (born)
2. Business net
3. noun
The symbol for nitrogen.
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.
5. An unspecified number or variable, usually an integer.
6. Biology The haploid number of chromosomes.

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