ns

¹

or nsec

1. nanosecond; nanoseconds.

Ns

²

1. Meteorology. nimbostratus.

NS

³

abbreviation for

1. not sufficient (funds).
2. Nova Scotia, Canada (approved for postal use).
3. nuclear ship.

n/s

⁴

1. not sufficient.

n.s.

⁵

abbreviation for

1. not specified.

N.S.

⁶

abbreviation for

1. New Style.
2. Nova Scotia.

ns

¹

abbreviation for

1. new series
2. not specified

N/S

²

abbreviation for

1. non-smoker: used in lonely hearts columns and personal advertisements

NS

³

abbreviation for

1. New Style (method of reckoning dates)
2. not sufficient or not satisfactory
3. (esp in postal addresses) Nova Scotia
4. nuclear ship

Example Sentences

It is rather a fine sight, as General N.s sax and twenty thoosand men were there.

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While the N.s house is almost luxuriously furnished, this Russian correspondent lives quite in the student style.

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This morning we received by express, the agreeable news of the surrender of the town of Tournay on the 28th instant, N.S.

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