N

¹ American  

[en] / ɛn /

Or n

noun

PLURAL

N's, Ns, n's, 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. ² American  

abbreviation

1. born.

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N ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Physics.  newton; newtons.

2. north.

3. northern.

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n. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. name.

2. nephew.

3. Commerce.  net.

4. neuter.

5. new.

6. nominative.

7. noon.

8. Chemistry.  normal (strength solution).

9. north.

10. northern.

11. Finance.  note.

12. noun.

13. number.

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N ⁵ American  

Symbol.

1. the 14th in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes lowercase)  the medieval Roman numeral for 90.

3. Chemistry.

   1. nitrogen.

   2. Avogadro's number.

4. Biochemistry.  asparagine.

5. Mathematics.  an indefinite, constant whole number, especially the degree of a quantic or an equation, or the order of a curve.

6. Chess.  knight.

7. Printing.  en.

8. Physics.  neutron number.

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n ⁶ American  

Symbol.

1. Physics.  neutron.

2. Optics.  index of refraction.

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'n ⁷ American  

[uhn] / ən /

Or 'n'

conjunction

Informal.

1. a shortened form of and: Look 'n listen.

   Stop 'n save.

   Look 'n listen.

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n- ⁸ American  

Chemistry.

1. 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.

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-n ⁹ American  

1. variant of -an after a vowel.

   Virginian.

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N. ¹⁰ American  

abbreviation

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 British  

symbol

1. Also: kt.  chess knight

2. neper

3. neutral

4. newton(s)

5. chem nitrogen

6. North

7. Avogadro's number

8. noun

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abbreviation

1. Norway (international car registration)

n. ² British  

abbreviation

1. natus

2. neuter

3. new

4. nominative

5. noun

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n ³ British  

symbol

1. neutron

2. optics index of refraction

3. nano-

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n ⁴ British  

/ ɛn /

noun

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

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n ⁵ British  

/ ɛn /

determiner

1. an indefinite number (of)

   there are n objects in a box

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n- ⁶ British  

prefix

1. chem short for normal

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Etymology

Origin of n.²

From the Latin word nātus

Origin of 'n⁷

A phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of the word in continuous rapid speech