ns

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nanosecond; nanoseconds.

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Words nearby ns

NROTC, NRPB, NRT, NRTA, NRV, ns, NSA, NSAID, NSB, NSC, NSF

Other definitions for ns (2 of 6)

Meteorology. nimbostratus.

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abbreviation

not sufficient (funds).

Nova Scotia, Canada (approved for postal use).

nuclear ship.

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n/s

not sufficient.

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n.s.

abbreviation

not specified.

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N.S.

abbreviation

New Style.

Nova Scotia.

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How to use ns in a sentence

They'd used JS-JZ and NS-NZ recently, so they looked at some OA-OF words and picked Odyssey.
Why Is the Libya War Called Operation Odyssey Dawn?|Josh Dzieza|March 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Africom had been assigned three two-letter ranges to choose from: JS through JZ, NS through NZ, and OA through OF.
Why Is the Libya War Called Operation Odyssey Dawn?|Josh Dzieza|March 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
NS: some can and some can't in some area is easier but it's generally difficult as they try to cut them alah o akbar still on.
Exclusive Tehran Account: Rejoicing Rafsanjani's Daughter's Release|Parvez Sharma|June 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST
NS: still as usual same system Me: Can anyone even watch CNN or BBC Persian or VOA?
Exclusive Tehran Account: Rejoicing Rafsanjani's Daughter's Release|Parvez Sharma|June 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST

NS: we do feel sad feeling kind of sad... Me: Is it all over?
Exclusive Tehran Account: Rejoicing Rafsanjani's Daughter's Release|Parvez Sharma|June 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST
From this nes came, naturally enough, the old northern naos or ns, whence the Dan.
Notes and Queries, Number 240, June 3, 1854|Various
Rang′ers, a body of mounted troops: a name sometimes taken by clubs of football players, &c.—ns.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
Rick′ers, the stems of young trees cut up for spars, &c.—ns.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
For Heav'ns sake, don't make your self so irrecoverably rediculous.
The Female Wits|Anonymous
I've heard of railro'd engineers and sea-capt'ns losin' their nerve.
The Skipper and the Skipped|Holman Day

British Dictionary definitions for ns (1 of 3)

abbreviation for

new series

not specified

British Dictionary definitions for ns (2 of 3)

abbreviation for

New Style (method of reckoning dates)

not sufficient or not satisfactory

(esp in postal addresses) Nova Scotia

nuclear ship

British Dictionary definitions for ns (3 of 3)

N/S

abbreviation for

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

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