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Definition of nt

Physics.

nit; nits.

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Words nearby nt

N.S.P.C.A., N.S.P.C.C., n.s.p.f., NSU, N.S.W., nt, NTA, N terminus, nth, NTIA, NTO

Other definitions for nt (2 of 5)

Symbol, Chemistry.

niton.

Other definitions for nt (3 of 5)

abbreviation

Biology, Ecology. near threatened.

neurotypical (def. 1).

New Testament.

Northwest Territories, Canada (approved for postal use).

Other definitions for nt (4 of 5)

-n't

a contraction of not: didn't; hadn't; couldn't; shouldn't; won't; mustn't.

Other definitions for nt (5 of 5)

N.T.

abbreviation

New Testament.

Northern Territory.

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How to use nt in a sentence

I doa'nt swallow that story o' her'n. Depend upon it, man, it be a big lie fro' beginning to end.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
The answer suggested is that there were anciently seven strings, and that Terpander left out the Trit and added the Nt.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
Here the Mes is again the arch or beginning, but the order is the ascending one, and consequently the Nt is the end.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
Or should we say that the note omitted was not Nt, but the present Parames and the interval of a tone (i.e. the disjunctive tone)?
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro

The scale of a lyre was usually the standard octave from Hypat to Nt: and that octave might be in any one key.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro

British Dictionary definitions for nt (1 of 2)

abbreviation for

National Trust

New Testament

Northern Territory (of Australia)

(esp in postal addresses) Northwest Territories (of Australia)

(esp in postal addresses) Nunavut

no-trump

(in Ireland) National Teacher (teacher in a National School)

British Dictionary definitions for nt (2 of 2)

-n't

contraction of

not: used as an enclitic after be and have when they function as main verbs and after auxiliary verbs or verbs operating syntactically as auxiliariescan't; don't; shouldn't; needn't; daren't; isn't

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