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Cn

1 American  
Symbol, Chemistry, Physics.
  1. copernicium.


CN 2 American  
C/N 3 American  
  1. circular note.

  2. credit note.


C/N 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. credit note

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cn 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. China

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cn Scientific  
  1. The symbol for copernicium.


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Points Pi divide curve C into n pieces C1, C2 ,…, Cn, with lengths Δs1, Δs2 ,…, Δsn, respectively.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

When curves Ci satisfy the condition that the endpoint of Ci is the starting point of Ci + 1, we write their union as C1 + C2 + ⋯ + Cn.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

The pontiffs and the augurs had been hitherto chosen from the patricians alone, when by the Ogulnian law, passed in the tribuneship of Q. and Cn.

From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?

A third type of circuit, also fourfold, is represented by the arrows Bc Cn Nc Cb.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur

Contact with Greece after capture of Tarentum 47 First period of Roman literature 49 Forms of Poetry during this period 50 Livius Andronicus 51 Cn.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

Find insight on Mercedes-Benz, Michelin, CN Rail and more in the latest Market Talks covering Auto and Transport.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

CN Rail now expects low-single-digit growth in revenue ton miles, the rail industry’s measure of freight volume, due to higher demand.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Union Pacific’s agreement with CN came as its tie-up with Norfolk Southern faces hurdles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Union Pacific reached a deal with Canadian National Railway on Wednesday, giving the Montreal railroad further access in the Midwest in exchange for CN ending its opposition to the blockbuster merger.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Due south is the CN Tower, lifting up like a huge inverted icicle.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

For example, Fermat’s last theorem, which deals with solutions of the form an + bn = cn, has puzzled experts for more than 350 years.

From Scientific American Jul. 28, 2023

In general, an arithmetic sequence is any sequence of the form an = cn + b.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

Always there were rich food and champagne and the tasteless corn-bread that is found cn most French tables.

From Time Magazine Archive

Or like this swatch of light verse: U cn gt a gd jb w hi pa!

From Time Magazine Archive

This confirms very aptly, I suppose, the point made by the man who until a little while ago was sitting here beside me cn this bench, and with whom I had my curious discussion.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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