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R.N.
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American
RN
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British
abbreviation
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(in Canada) Registered Nurse
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Royal Navy
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Rn
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British
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Etymology
Origin of RN
(sense 3) From R(epublic of) N(iger)
Example Sentences
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“At work Rn @thewhitehouse ! Dinnertonight tho!” she wrote from her Apple Watch.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2022
Use the remainder estimate for alternating series to get a bound on the error Rn.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
For the sequence of Taylor polynomials to converge to f , we need the remainder Rn to converge to zero.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
This formula allows us to get a bound on the remainder Rn.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
Take any two convenient points P, R, on each side of the semicircle, and 204 raise verticals Pm, Rn to AB, and on these verticals form the scales.
From The Theory and Practice of Perspective by G. A. (George Adolphus) Storey
Olivia has had to adapt to her father's new prosthetic legs - one he has nicknamed Albert, after the dummy used by war camp prisoners in the 1950s film, Albert R.N.
From BBC ● May 21, 2024
The template for “The Most Exciting Chess Games Ever” was set by one of my all-time favorite books as a young, aspiring D-class player swept up in the Bobby Fischer boom: English author R.N.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
Patricia Menyuah, an R.N. who trained in her native Nigeria, is one example.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2021
You ask nurses if they have an R.N. degree.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 19, 2013
Meanwhile, unknown to M'Clure, a searching squadron of five British ships, commanded by Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R.N., was wintering about two hundred miles to the eastward of the Investigator.
From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Adolphus W. Greely
What if the judges there feel they are being manipulated by the RN?
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Ten other RN officials – out of 25 originally convicted – are also appealing.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The move allowed the RN to become the single largest party in a hung parliament.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
In the southern city of Marseille, France's second-largest, RN hopeful Franck Allisio came second last week, a single percentage point behind incumbent left-wing mayor Benoit Payan.
From Barron's ● Mar. 22, 2026
“Excuse me. I’m an RN over at Cedar Creek. I did my training here, so if you like we can go straighten this out with Richard Caruthers.”
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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