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Valiant \Val"iant\, a. [OE. valiant, F. vaillant, OF. vaillant, valant, originally p. pr. of OF. & F. valoir to be worth, L. valere to be strong. See {Wield}, and cf. {Avail}, {Convalesce}, {Equivalent}, {Prevail}, {Valid}.] 1. Vigorous in body; strong; powerful; as, a valiant fencer. [Obs.] --Walton. 2. Intrepid in danger; courageous; brave. A valiant and most expert gentleman. --Shak. And Saul said to David . . . be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles. --1 Sam. xviii. 17. 3. Performed with valor or bravery; heroic. [bd]Thou bearest the highest name for valiant acts.[b8] --Milton. [The saints] have made such valiant confessions. --J. H. Newman. -- {Val"iant*ly}, adv. -- {Val"iant*ness}, {n}. | |
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York use \York" use`\ (Eccl.) The one of the three printed uses of England which was followed in the north. It was based on the Sarum use. See {Use}, {n}., 6. --Shipley. | |
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N \N\ ([ecr]n), the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See {Guide to Pronunciation}, [sect][sect] 243-246. Note: The letter N came into English through the Latin and Greek from the Ph[d2]nician, which probably derived it from the Egyptian as the ultimate origin. It is etymologically most closely related to M. See {M}. | |
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N \N\, n. (Print.) A measure of space equal to half an M (or em); an en. | |
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Uxorious \Ux*o"ri*ous\, a. [L. uxorius, fr. uxor a wife.] Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband. [bd]Uxorious magistrates.[b8] --Milton. How wouldst thou insult, When I must live uxorious to thy will In perfect thraldom! --Milton. -- {Uxo*o"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ux*o"ri*ous*ness}, {n}. | |
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Valiant \Val"iant\, a. [OE. valiant, F. vaillant, OF. vaillant, valant, originally p. pr. of OF. & F. valoir to be worth, L. valere to be strong. See {Wield}, and cf. {Avail}, {Convalesce}, {Equivalent}, {Prevail}, {Valid}.] 1. Vigorous in body; strong; powerful; as, a valiant fencer. [Obs.] --Walton. 2. Intrepid in danger; courageous; brave. A valiant and most expert gentleman. --Shak. And Saul said to David . . . be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles. --1 Sam. xviii. 17. 3. Performed with valor or bravery; heroic. [bd]Thou bearest the highest name for valiant acts.[b8] --Milton. [The saints] have made such valiant confessions. --J. H. Newman. -- {Val"iant*ly}, adv. -- {Val"iant*ness}, {n}. | |
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York use \York" use`\ (Eccl.) The one of the three printed uses of England which was followed in the north. It was based on the Sarum use. See {Use}, {n}., 6. --Shipley. | |
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N \N\ ([ecr]n), the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See {Guide to Pronunciation}, [sect][sect] 243-246. Note: The letter N came into English through the Latin and Greek from the Ph[d2]nician, which probably derived it from the Egyptian as the ultimate origin. It is etymologically most closely related to M. See {M}. | |
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N \N\, n. (Print.) A measure of space equal to half an M (or em); an en. | |
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Uxorious \Ux*o"ri*ous\, a. [L. uxorius, fr. uxor a wife.] Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband. [bd]Uxorious magistrates.[b8] --Milton. How wouldst thou insult, When I must live uxorious to thy will In perfect thraldom! --Milton. -- {Uxo*o"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ux*o"ri*ous*ness}, {n}. | |
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Valiant \Val"iant\, a. [OE. valiant, F. vaillant, OF. vaillant, valant, originally p. pr. of OF. & F. valoir to be worth, L. valere to be strong. See {Wield}, and cf. {Avail}, {Convalesce}, {Equivalent}, {Prevail}, {Valid}.] 1. Vigorous in body; strong; powerful; as, a valiant fencer. [Obs.] --Walton. 2. Intrepid in danger; courageous; brave. A valiant and most expert gentleman. --Shak. And Saul said to David . . . be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles. --1 Sam. xviii. 17. 3. Performed with valor or bravery; heroic. [bd]Thou bearest the highest name for valiant acts.[b8] --Milton. [The saints] have made such valiant confessions. --J. H. Newman. -- {Val"iant*ly}, adv. -- {Val"iant*ness}, {n}. | |
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York use \York" use`\ (Eccl.) The one of the three printed uses of England which was followed in the north. It was based on the Sarum use. See {Use}, {n}., 6. --Shipley. | |
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N \N\ ([ecr]n), the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See {Guide to Pronunciation}, [sect][sect] 243-246. Note: The letter N came into English through the Latin and Greek from the Ph[d2]nician, which probably derived it from the Egyptian as the ultimate origin. It is etymologically most closely related to M. See {M}. | |
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N \N\, n. (Print.) A measure of space equal to half an M (or em); an en. | |
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Uxorious \Ux*o"ri*ous\, a. [L. uxorius, fr. uxor a wife.] Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband. [bd]Uxorious magistrates.[b8] --Milton. How wouldst thou insult, When I must live uxorious to thy will In perfect thraldom! --Milton. -- {Uxo*o"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ux*o"ri*ous*ness}, {n}. | |
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Chromophore \Chro"mo*phore\, n. [Gr. [?] color + [?] to bear.] (Chem.) Any chemical group or residue (as {NO2}; {N2}; or {O2}) which imparts some decided color to the compound of which it is an ingredient. | |
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Nitric \Ni"tric\, a. [Cf. F. nitrique. See {Niter}.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid. {Nitric acid}, a colorless or yellowish liquid obtained by distilling a nitrate with sulphuric acid. It is powerfully corrosive, being a strong acid, and in decomposition a strong oxidizer. {Nitric anhydride}, a white crystalline oxide of nitrogen ({N2O5}), called {nitric pentoxide}, and regarded as the anhydride of nitric acid. {Nitric oxide}, a colorless poisous gas ({NO}) obtained by treating nitric acid with copper. On contact with the air or with oxygen, it becomes reddish brown from the formation of nitric dioxide or peroxide. | |
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Na \Na\ (n[aum]), a. & adv. No, not. See {No}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Symbol \Sym"bol\, n. [L. symbolus, symbolum, Gr. sy`mbolon a sign by which one knows or infers a thing, from [?] to throw or put together, to compare; sy`n with + [?] to throw: cf. F. symbole. Cf. {Emblem}, {Parable}.] 1. A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience. A symbol is a sign included in the idea which it represents, e. g., an actual part chosen to represent the whole, or a lower form or species used as the representative of a higher in the same kind. --Coleridge. 2. (Math.) Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation. Note: In crystallography, the symbol of a plane is the numerical expression which defines its position relatively to the assumed axes. 3. (Theol.) An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion. 4. [Gr. [?] contributions.] That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty. [Obs.] They do their work in the days of peace . . . and come to pay their symbol in a war or in a plague. --Jer. Taylor. 5. Share; allotment. [Obs.] The persons who are to be judged . . . shall all appear to receive their symbol. --Jer. Taylor. 6. (Chem.) An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, {C} for carbon, {Na} for sodium (Natrium), {Fe} for iron (Ferrum), {Sn} for tin (Stannum), {Sb} for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under {Element}. Note: In pure and organic chemistry there are symbols not only for the elements, but also for their grouping in formulas, radicals, or residues, as evidenced by their composition, reactions, synthesis, etc. See the diagram of {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}. Syn: Emblem; figure; type. See {Emblem}. | |
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Sodium \So"di*um\, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.) A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so readily oxidized that it combines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 23. Specific gravity 0.97. {Sodium amalgam}, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise. {Sodium bicarbonate}, a white crystalline substance, {HNaCO3}, with a slight alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. It is found in many mineral springs and also produced artificially,. It is used in cookery, in baking powders, and as a source of carbonic acid gas (carbon dioxide) for soda water. Called also {cooking soda}, {saleratus}, and technically, {acid sodium carbonate}, {primary sodium carbonate}, {sodium dicarbonate}, etc. {Sodium carbonate}, a white crystalline substance, {Na2CO3.10H2O}, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in large quantities from common salt. It is used in making soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many chemical industries. Called also {sal soda}, {washing soda}, or {soda}. Cf. {Sodium bicarbonate}, above and {Trona}. {Sodium chloride}, common, or table, salt, {NaCl}. {Sodium hydroxide}, a white opaque brittle solid, {NaOH}, having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc. Called also {sodium hydrate}, and {caustic soda}. By extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide. | |
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Ternary \Ter"na*ry\, a. [L. ternarius, fr. terni. See {Tern}, a.] 1. Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration. 2. (Chem.) Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule; thus, sodic hydroxide, {NaOH}, is a ternary compound. | |
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Caustic \Caus"tic\, Caustical \Caus"tic*al\, a. [L. caustucs, Ge. [?], fr. [?] to burn. Cf. {Calm}, {Ink}.] 1. Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing. 2. Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark. {Caustic curve} (Optics), a curve to which the ray of light, reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point being in one plane. {Caustic lime}. See under {Lime}. {Caustic potash}, {Caustic soda} (Chem.), the solid hydroxides potash, {KOH}, and soda, {NaOH}, or solutions of the same. {Caustic silver}, nitrate of silver, lunar caustic. {Caustic surface} (Optics), a surface to which rays reflected or refracted by another surface are tangents. Caustic curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction. Syn: Stinging; cutting; pungent; searching. | |
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Nay \Nay\, adv. [Icel. nei; akin to E. no. See {No}, adv.] 1. No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See {Yes}. And eke when I say [bd]ye,[b8] ne say not [bd]nay.[b8] --Chaucer. I tell you nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewisr perish. --Luke xiii. 3. And now do they thrust us out privily? nay, verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. --Acts xvi. 37. He that will not when he may, When he would he shall have nay. --Old Prov. Note: Before the time of Henry VIII. nay was used to answer simple questions, and no was used when the form of the question involved a negative expression; nay was the simple form, no the emphatic. --Skeat. 2. Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase. Note: Nay in this sense may be interchanged with yea. [bd]Were he my brother, nay, my kingdom's heir.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Nay \Nay\, n.; pl. {Nays}. 1. Denial; refusal. 2. a negative vote; one who votes in the negative. {It is no nay}, there is no denying it. [Obs.] --haucer. | |
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Nay \Nay\, v. t. & i. To refuse. [Obs.] --Holinshed. | |
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Ne \Ne\, adv. [AS. ne. See {No}.] Not; never. [Obs.] He never yet no villany ne said. --Chaucer. Note: Ne was formerly used as the universal adverb of negation, and survives in certain compounds, as never (= ne ever) and none (= ne one). Other combinations, now obsolete, will be found in the Vocabulary, as nad, nam, nil. See {Negative}, 2. | |
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Ne \Ne\, conj. [See {Ne}, adv.] Nor. [Obs.] --Shak. No niggard ne no fool. --Chaucer. {Ne . . . ne}, neither . . . nor. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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d8Calcaneum \[d8]Cal*ca"ne*um\n.; pl. E. {-neums}, L. {-nea}. [L. the heel, fr. calx, calcis, the heel.] (Anal.) One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the great bone of the heel; -- called also {fibulare}. | |
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Neo- \Ne"o-\ [Gr. [?] youthful, new. See {New}.] A prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which, when the name was applied, had been recently classified, and in which at least one carbon atom in connected directly with four other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with normal and iso-; as, neopentane; the neoparaffins. Also used adjectively. | |
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New \New\, adv. Newly; recently. --Chaucer. Note: New is much used in composition, adverbially, in the sense of newly, recently, to quality other words, as in new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown. {Of new}, anew. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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New \New\, v. t. & i. To make new; to renew. [Obs.] | |
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New \New\, a. [Compar. {Newer}; superl. {Newest}.] [OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael. nuadh, W. newydd, Armor. nevez, L. novus, gr. [?], Skr. nava, and prob. to E. now. [root]263. See {Now}, and cf. {Announce}, {Innovate}, {Neophyte}, {Novel}.] 1. Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to {old}, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion. [bd]Your new wife.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes. 3. Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction. 4. As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man. Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new. --Bacon. 5. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous. --Addison. 6. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed. New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace. --Pope. 7. Fresh from anything; newly come. New from her sickness to that northern air. --Dryden. {New birth}. See under {Birth}. {New Church}, [or] {New Jerusalem Church}, the church holding the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See {Swedenborgian}. {New heart} (Theol.), a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives. {New land}, land ckeared and cultivated for the first time. {New light}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Crappie}. {New moon}. (a) The moon in its first quarter, or when it first appears after being invisible. (b) The day when the new moon is first seen; the first day of the lunar month, which was a holy day among the Jews. --2 Kings iv. 23. {New Red Sandstone} (Geol.), an old name for the formation immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided into the Permian and Trias. See {Sandstone}. {New style}. See {Style}. {New testament}. See under {Testament}. {New world}, the land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern Hemisphere until recent times. Syn: Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See {Novel}. | |
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Ney \Ney\, n. [AS. net; akin to D. net, OS. net, netti, OHG. nezzi, G. netz, Icel. & Dan. net, Sw. n[84]t, Goth. nati; of uncertain origin.] 1. A fabric of twine, thread, or the like, wrought or woven into meshes, and used for catching fish, birds, butterflies, etc. 2. Anything designed or fitted to entrap or catch; a snare; any device for catching and holding. A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet. --Prov. xxix. 5. In the church's net there are fishes good or bad. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Anything wrought or woven in meshes; as, a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net. 4. (Geom.) A figure made up of a large number of straight lines or curves, which are connected at certain points and related to each other by some specified law. | |
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Amido \A*mi"do\, a. [From {Amide}.] (Chem.) Containing, or derived from, amidogen. {Amido acid}, an acid in which a portion of the nonacid hydrogen has been replaced by the amido group. The amido acids are both basic and acid. {Amido group}, amidogen, {NH2}. | |
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Amidogen \A*mid"o*gen\, n. [Amide + -gen.] (Chem.) A compound radical, {NH2}, not yet obtained in a separate state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the {amido group}, and in composition represented by the form amido. | |
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Hydroxylamine \Hy*drox`yl*am"ine\, n. [Hydroxyl + amine.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous, organic base, {NH2.OH}, resembling ammonia, and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is usually obtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water. It acts as a strong reducing agent. | |
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Type \Type\, n. [F. type; cf. It. tipo, from L. typus a figure, image, a form, type, character, Gr. [?] the mark of a blow, impression, form of character, model, from the root of [?] to beat, strike; cf. Skr. tup to hurt.] 1. The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem. The faith they have in tennis, and tall stockings, Short blistered breeches, and those types of travel. --Shak. 2. Form or character impressed; style; semblance. Thy father bears the type of king of Naples. --Shak. 3. A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype. A type is no longer a type when the thing typified comes to be actually exhibited. --South. 4. That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative. Specifically: (a) (Biol.) A general form or structure common to a number of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or other group, combining the essential characteristics; an animal or plant possessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of a species, genus, or other group. Also, a group or division of animals having a certain typical or characteristic structure of body maintained within the group. Since the time of Cuvier and Baer . . . the whole animal kingdom has been universally held to be divisible into a small number of main divisions or types. --Haeckel. (b) (Fine Arts) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or a coin. (c) (Chem.) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived. Note: The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, {HCl}; water, {H2O}; ammonia, {NH3}; and methane, {CH4}. 5. (Typog.) (a) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing. (b) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively; any number or mass of such letters or characters, however disposed. Note: Type are mostly made by casting type metal in a mold, though some of the larger sizes are made from maple, mahogany, or boxwood. In the cut, a is the body; b, the face, or part from which the impression is taken; c, the shoulder, or top of the body; d, the nick (sometimes two or more are made), designed to assist the compositor in distinguishing the bottom of the face from the top; e, the groove made in the process of finishing, -- each type as cast having attached to the bottom of the body a jet, or small piece of metal (formed by the surplus metal poured into the mold), which, when broken off, leaves a roughness that requires to be removed. The fine lines at the top and bottom of a letter are technically called ceriphs, and when part of the face projects over the body, as in the letter f, the projection is called a kern. The type which compose an ordinary book font consist of Roman CAPITALS, small capitals, and lower-case letters, and Italic CAPITALS and lower-case letters, with accompanying figures, points, and reference marks, -- in all about two hundred characters. Including the various modern styles of fancy type, some three or four hundred varieties of face are made. Besides the ordinary Roman and Italic, some of the most important of the varieties are -- Old English. Black Letter. Old Style. French Elzevir. Boldface. Antique. Clarendon. Gothic. Typewriter. Script. The smallest body in common use is diamond; then follow in order of size, pearl, agate, nonpareil, minion, brevier, bourgeois (or two-line diamond), long primer (or two-line pearl), small pica (or two-line agate), pica (or two-line nonpareil), English (or two-line minion), Columbian (or two-line brevier), great primer (two-line bourgeois), paragon (or two-line long primer), double small pica (or two-line small pica), double pica (or two-line pica), double English (or two-line English), double great primer (or two-line great primer), double paragon (or two-line paragon), canon (or two-line double pica). Above this, the sizes are called five-line pica, six-line pica, seven-line pica, and so on, being made mostly of wood. The following alphabets show the different sizes up to great primer. Brilliant . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ammonia \Am*mo"ni*a\, n. [From sal ammoniac, which was first obtaining near the temple of Jupiter Ammon, by burning camel's dung. See {Ammoniac}.] (Chem.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, {NH3}, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called {volatile alkali}, and {spirits of hartshorn}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ammonium \Am*mo"ni*um\, n. [See {Ammonia}.] (Chem.) A compound radical, {NH4}, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Bambino \[d8]Bam*bi"no\, n.; It. pl. {-ni}. [It.] A child or baby; specif., a representation in art of the infant Christ. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cincinnus \Cin*cin"nus\, n.; pl. {-ni}. [Also {cicinus}, {cicinnus}.] [L., a curl of hair.] (Bot.) A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called also {scorpioid cyme}. -- {Cin*cin"nal}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nitric \Ni"tric\, a. [Cf. F. nitrique. See {Niter}.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid. {Nitric acid}, a colorless or yellowish liquid obtained by distilling a nitrate with sulphuric acid. It is powerfully corrosive, being a strong acid, and in decomposition a strong oxidizer. {Nitric anhydride}, a white crystalline oxide of nitrogen ({N2O5}), called {nitric pentoxide}, and regarded as the anhydride of nitric acid. {Nitric oxide}, a colorless poisous gas ({NO}) obtained by treating nitric acid with copper. On contact with the air or with oxygen, it becomes reddish brown from the formation of nitric dioxide or peroxide. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nitroso- \Ni*tro"so-\ ([?] [or] [?]). (Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively) designating the group or radical {NO}, called the nitroso group, or its compounds. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nitrosyl \Ni*tro"syl\, n. [Nitroso- + -yl.] (Chem.) the radical {NO}, called also the {nitroso group}. The term is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as, nitrosyl sulphuric acid. Used also adjectively. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
No \No\, adv. [OE. no, na, AS. n[be]; ne not + [be] ever. AS. ne is akin to OHG. ni, Goth. ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W. ni, L. ne, gr. nh (in comp.), Skr. na, and also to E. prefix un-. [root] 193. See {Aye}, and cf. {Nay}, {Not}, {Nice}, {Nefarious}.] Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic. We do no otherwise than we are willed. --Shak. I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no I dare accept this your congratulation. --Coleridge. There is none righteous, no, not one. --Rom. iii. 10. No! Nay, Heaven forbid. --Coleridge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
No \No\, n.; pl. {Noes}. 1. A refusal by use of the wordd no; a denial. 2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
No \No\, a. [OE. no, non, the same word as E. none; cf. E. a, an. See {None}.] Not any; not one; none. Let there be no strife . . . between me and thee. --Gen. xiii. 8. That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream. --Byron. Note: In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was used. [bd]No man.[b8] [bd]Noon apothercary.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nitric \Ni"tric\, a. [Cf. F. nitrique. See {Niter}.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid. {Nitric acid}, a colorless or yellowish liquid obtained by distilling a nitrate with sulphuric acid. It is powerfully corrosive, being a strong acid, and in decomposition a strong oxidizer. {Nitric anhydride}, a white crystalline oxide of nitrogen ({N2O5}), called {nitric pentoxide}, and regarded as the anhydride of nitric acid. {Nitric oxide}, a colorless poisous gas ({NO}) obtained by treating nitric acid with copper. On contact with the air or with oxygen, it becomes reddish brown from the formation of nitric dioxide or peroxide. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nitroso- \Ni*tro"so-\ ([?] [or] [?]). (Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively) designating the group or radical {NO}, called the nitroso group, or its compounds. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nitrosyl \Ni*tro"syl\, n. [Nitroso- + -yl.] (Chem.) the radical {NO}, called also the {nitroso group}. The term is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as, nitrosyl sulphuric acid. Used also adjectively. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
No \No\, adv. [OE. no, na, AS. n[be]; ne not + [be] ever. AS. ne is akin to OHG. ni, Goth. ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W. ni, L. ne, gr. nh (in comp.), Skr. na, and also to E. prefix un-. [root] 193. See {Aye}, and cf. {Nay}, {Not}, {Nice}, {Nefarious}.] Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic. We do no otherwise than we are willed. --Shak. I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no I dare accept this your congratulation. --Coleridge. There is none righteous, no, not one. --Rom. iii. 10. No! Nay, Heaven forbid. --Coleridge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
No \No\, n.; pl. {Noes}. 1. A refusal by use of the wordd no; a denial. 2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
No \No\, a. [OE. no, non, the same word as E. none; cf. E. a, an. See {None}.] Not any; not one; none. Let there be no strife . . . between me and thee. --Gen. xiii. 8. That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream. --Byron. Note: In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was used. [bd]No man.[b8] [bd]Noon apothercary.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Way \Way\, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[84]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [root]136. Cf. {Convex}, {Inveigh}, {Vehicle}, {Vex}, {Via}, {Voyage}, {Wag}, {Wagon}, {Wee}, {Weigh}.] 1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine. [bd]To find the way to heaven.[b8] --Shak. I shall him seek by way and eke by street. --Chaucer. The way seems difficult, and steep to scale. --Milton. The season and ways were very improper for his majesty's forces to march so great a distance. --Evelyn. 2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail. --Longfellow. 3. A moving; passage; procession; journey. I prythee, now, lead the way. --Shak. 4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance. If that way be your walk, you have not far. --Milton. And let eternal justice take the way. --Dryden. 5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan. My best way is to creep under his gaberdine. --Shak. By noble ways we conquest will prepare. --Dryden. What impious ways my wishes took! --Prior. 6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas. 7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing. [bd]Having lost the way of nobleness.[b8] --Sir. P. Sidney. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. --Prov. iii. 17. When men lived in a grander way. --Longfellow. 8. Sphere or scope of observation. --Jer. Taylor. The public ministers that fell in my way. --Sir W. Temple. 9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way. 10. (Naut.) (a) Progress; as, a ship has way. (b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched. 11. pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves. 12. (Law) Right of way. See below. {By the way}, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though connected with, the main object or subject of discourse. {By way of}, for the purpose of; as being; in character of. {Covert way}. (Fort.) See {Covered way}, under {Covered}. {In the family way}. See under {Family}. {In the way}, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder, etc. {In the way with}, traveling or going with; meeting or being with; in the presence of. {Milky way}. (Astron.) See {Galaxy}, 1. {No way}, {No ways}. See {Noway}, {Noways}, in the Vocabulary. {On the way}, traveling or going; hence, in process; advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this country; on the way to success. {Out of the way}. See under {Out}. {Right of way} (Law), a right of private passage over another's ground. It may arise either by grant or prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate, well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent. {To be under way}, [or] {To have way} (Naut.), to be in motion, as when a ship begins to move. {To give way}. See under {Give}. {To go one's way}, [or] {To come one's way}, to go or come; to depart or come along. --Shak. {To go the way of all the earth}, to die. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nitro- \Ni"tro-\ 1. A combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of niter. 2. (Chem.) A combining form (used also adjectively) designating certain compounds of nitrogen or of its acids, as nitrohydrochloric, nitrocalcite; also, designating the group or radical {NO2}, or its compounds, as nitrobenzene. {Nitro group}, the radical {NO2}; -- called also {nitroxyl}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nitroxyl \Ni*trox"yl\, n. [Nitro- + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.) The group {NO2}, usually called the {nitro group}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Chromophore \Chro"mo*phore\, n. [Gr. [?] color + [?] to bear.] (Chem.) Any chemical group or residue (as {NO2}; {N2}; or {O2}) which imparts some decided color to the compound of which it is an ingredient. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Noah \No"ah\, n. [Heb. N[omac]akh rest.] A patriarch of Biblical history, in the time of the Deluge. {Noah's ark}. (a) (Zo[94]l.) A marine bivalve shell ({Arca No[91]}), which somewhat resembles an ark, or ship, in form. (b) A child's toy, consisting of an ark-shaped box containing many different wooden animals. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Isonitroso- \I`so*ni*tro"so-\ [Iso- + nitroso-.] (Chem.) A combining from (also used adjectively), signifying: Pertaining to, or designating, the characteristic, nitrogenous radical, {NOH}, called the isonitroso group. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hyponitrous \Hy`po*ni"trous\, a. [Pref. hypo- + nitrous.] (Chem.) Containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence than in nitrous compounds. {Hyponitrous acid} (Chem.), an unstable nitrogen acid, {NOH}, whose salts are produced by reduction of the nitrates, although the acid itself is not isolated in the free state except as a solution in water; -- called also {nitrosylic acid}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Normal \Nor"mal\, a. [L. normalis, fr. norma rule, pattern, carpenter's square; prob. akin to noscere to know; cf. Gr. [?] well known, [?] gnomon, also, carpenter's square: cf. F. normal. See {Known}, and cf. {Abnormal}, {Enormous}.] 1. According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical. Deviations from the normal type. --Hallam. 2. (Geom.) According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal. 3. (Chem.) Standard; original; exact; typical. Specifically: (a) (Quantitative Analysis) Denoting a solution of such strength that every cubic centimeter contains the same number of milligrams of the element in question as the number of its molecular weight. (b) (Chem.) Denoting certain hypothetical compounds, as acids from which the real acids are obtained by dehydration; thus, normal sulphuric acid and normal nitric acid are respectively {S(OH)6}, and {N(OH)5}. (c) (Organ. Chem.) Denoting that series of hydrocarbons in which no carbon atom is united with more than two other carbon atoms; as, normal pentane, hexane, etc. Cf. {Iso-}. {Normal equations} (Method of Least Squares), a set of equations of the first degree equal in number to the number of unknown quantities, and derived from the observations by a specified process. The solution of the normal equations gives the most probable values of the unknown quantities. {Normal group} (Geol.), a group of rocks taken as a standard. --Lyell. {Normal place} (of a planet or comet) (Astron.), the apparent place in the heavens of a planet or comet at a specified time, the place having been determined by a considerable number of observations, extending perhaps over many days, and so combined that the accidental errors of observation have largely balanced each other. {Normal school}, a school whose methods of instruction are to serve as a model for imitation; an institution for the training of teachers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Noie \Noie\, v. t. To annoy. See {Noy}. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Now \Now\, adv. [OE. nou, nu, AS. n[d4], nu; akin to D., OS., & OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., n[d4], Dan., Sw., & Goth. nu, L. nunc, Gr. [?], [?], Skr. nu, n[d4]. [fb]193. Cf. {New}.] 1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now. I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago. --Arbuthnot. 2. Very lately; not long ago. They that but now, for honor and for plate, Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate. --Waller. 3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to. The ship was now in the midst of the sea. --Matt. xiv. 24. 4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation. How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor ? --L'Estrange. Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is ? --Shak. Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. --John xviii. 40. The other great and undoing mischief which befalls men is, by their being misrepresented. Now, by calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others in the way of slander. --South. {Now and again}, now and then; occasionally. {Now and now}, again and again; repeatedly. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Now and then}, at one time and another; indefinitely; occasionally; not often; at intervals. [bd]A mead here, there a heath, and now and then a wood.[b8] --Drayton. {Now now}, at this very instant; precisely now. [Obs.] [bd]Why, even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the turning down of this.[b8] --J. Webster (1607). {Now . . . now}, alternately; at one time . . . at another time. [bd]Now high, now low, now master up, now miss.[b8] --Pope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Now \Now\, a. Existing at the present time; present. [R.] [bd]Our now happiness.[b8] --Glanvill. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Now \Now\, n. The present time or moment; the present. Nothing is there to come, and nothing past; But an eternal now does ever last. --Cowley. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Noway \No"way`\, Noways \No"ways`\, adv. [No, a. + way. Cf. {-wards}.] In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise. But Ireland will noways allow that name unto it. --Fuller. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Noy \Noy\, v. t. [See {Annoy}.] To annoy; to vex. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Piers Plowman. All that noyed his heavy spright. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Noy \Noy\, n. That which annoys. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ny \Ny\ [Contr. fr. ne I.] Not I; nor I. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ny \Ny\, Nye \Nye\, a. & adv. Nigh. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ny \Ny\, Nye \Nye\, a. & adv. Nigh. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nye \Nye\, n. [Prob. fr. F. nid nest, brood, L. nidus nest. See {Nest}, and cf. {Eye} brood, {Nide}.] A brood or flock of pheasants. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ney, OH (village, FIPS 55874) Location: 41.38068 N, 84.52097 W Population (1990): 331 (137 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43549 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Nua, AS (village, FIPS 56900) Location: 14.36547 S, 170.80800 W Population (1990): 267 (34 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 3.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Nye, MT Zip code(s): 59061 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
N /N/ quant. 1. A large and indeterminate number of objects: "There were N bugs in that crock!" Also used in its original sense of a variable name: "This crock has N bugs, as N goes to infinity." (The true number of bugs is always at least N + 1; see {Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology}.) 2. A variable whose value is inherited from the current context. For example, when a meal is being ordered at a restaurant, N may be understood to mean however many people there are at the table. From the remark "We'd like to order N wonton soups and a family dinner for N - 1" you can deduce that one person at the table wants to eat only soup, even though you don't know how many people there are (see {great-wall}). 3. `Nth': adj. The ordinal counterpart of N, senses 1 and 2. "Now for the Nth and last time..." In the specific context "Nth-year grad student", N is generally assumed to be at least 4, and is usually 5 or more (see {tenured graduate student}). See also {{random numbers}}, {two-to-the-N}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
NMI /N-M-I/ n. Non-Maskable Interrupt. An IRQ 7 on the PDP-11 or 680[01234]0; the NMI line on an 80[1234]86. In contrast with a {priority interrupt} (which might be ignored, although that is unlikely), an NMI is _never_ ignored. Except, that is, on {clone} boxes, where NMI is often ignored on the motherboard because flaky hardware can generate many spurious ones. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
N /N/ quant. 1. A large and indeterminate number of objects: "There were N bugs in that crock!" Also used in its original sense of a variable name: "This crock has N bugs, as N goes to infinity." (The true number of bugs is always at least N + 1; see {Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology}.) 2. A variable whose value is inherited from the current context. For example, when a meal is being ordered at a restaurant, N may be understood to mean however many people there are at the table. From the remark "We'd like to order N wonton soups and a family dinner for N - 1" you can deduce that one person at the table wants to eat only soup, even though you don't know how many people there are. 3. "Nth": The ordinal counterpart of N, senses 1 and 2. "Now for the Nth and last time..." In the specific context "Nth-year grad student", N is generally assumed to be at least 4, and is usually 5 or more (see {tenured graduate student}). See also {random numbers}, {two-to-the-N}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
N10 Original codename of the {Intel} {i860} {microprocessor}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
na (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
NAU 1. {Network Addressable Unit}. 2. {Network Access Unit}. (1997-05-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ne (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
NHOH (1998-01-18) | |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
NIH The United States National Institutes of Health. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
NII {National Information Infrastructure} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
NMI {Non-Maskable Interrupt} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
NMU {Non-Maintainer Upload} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
NN {neural network} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
nn {Usenet} {news} by Kim F. Storm Instruments A/S, Denmark. nn lets you decide which of the many {news groups} you are interested in, and unsubscribe to those which don't interest you. nn lets you select articles to read from a menu in each of the groups you subscribe. nn sorts and presents new articles very quickly because it uses its own local database to maintain all the necessary information (this database is built and maintained by the nnmaster program). The {NNTP} support was designed and implemented by Ren'e Seindal, Institute of Datalogy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. E-mail: {Usenet} newgroup: {news:news.software.nn}. (1995-12-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
NN {neural network} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
nn {Usenet} {news} by Kim F. Storm Instruments A/S, Denmark. nn lets you decide which of the many {news groups} you are interested in, and unsubscribe to those which don't interest you. nn lets you select articles to read from a menu in each of the groups you subscribe. nn sorts and presents new articles very quickly because it uses its own local database to maintain all the necessary information (this database is built and maintained by the nnmaster program). The {NNTP} support was designed and implemented by Ren'e Seindal, Institute of Datalogy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. E-mail: {Usenet} newgroup: {news:news.software.nn}. (1995-12-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
NNI {Network Node Interface} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
no (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
nu (1999-01-27) Because it sounds like "new", nu is heavily used for {vanity domains}. (1999-01-27) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Neah shaking, or settlement, or descent, a town on the east side of Zebulun, not far from Rimmon (Josh. 19:13). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
No or No-A'mon, the home of Amon, the name of Thebes, the ancient capital of what is called the Middle Empire, in Upper or Southern Egypt. "The multitude of No" (Jer. 46:25) is more correctly rendered, as in the Revised Version, "Amon of No", i.e., No, where Jupiter Amon had his temple. In Ezek. 30:14, 16 it is simply called "No;" but in ver. 15 the name has the Hebrew Hamon prefixed to it, "Hamon No." This prefix is probably the name simply of the god usually styled Amon or Ammon. In Nah. 3:8 the "populous No" of the Authorized Version is in the Revised Version correctly rendered "No-Amon." It was the Diospolis or Thebes of the Greeks, celebrated for its hundred gates and its vast population. It stood on both sides of the Nile, and is by some supposed to have included Karnak and Luxor. In grandeur and extent it can only be compared to Nineveh. It is mentioned only in the prophecies referred to, which point to its total destruction. It was first taken by the Assyrians in the time of Sargon (Isa. 20). It was afterwards "delivered into the hand" of Nebuchadnezzar and Assurbani-pal (Jer. 46:25, 26). Cambyses, king of the Persians (B.C. 525), further laid it waste by fire. Its ruin was completed (B.C. 81) by Ptolemy Lathyrus. The ruins of this city are still among the most notable in the valley of the Nile. They have formed a great storehouse of interesting historic remains for more than two thousand years. "As I wandered day after day with ever-growing amazement amongst these relics of ancient magnificence, I felt that if all the ruins in Europe, classical, Celtic, and medieval, were brought together into one centre, they would fall far short both in extent and grandeur of those of this single Egyptian city." Manning, The Land of the Pharaohs. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Noah rest, (Heb. Noah) the grandson of Methuselah (Gen. 5:25-29), who was for two hundred and fifty years contemporary with Adam, and the son of Lamech, who was about fifty years old at the time of Adam's death. This patriarch is rightly regarded as the connecting link between the old and the new world. He is the second great progenitor of the human family. The words of his father Lamech at his birth (Gen. 5:29) have been regarded as in a sense prophetical, designating Noah as a type of Him who is the true "rest and comfort" of men under the burden of life (Matt.11:28). He lived five hundred years, and then there were born unto him three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth (Gen. 5:32). He was a "just man and perfect in his generation," and "walked with God" (comp. Ezek. 14:14,20). But now the descendants of Cain and of Seth began to intermarry, and then there sprang up a race distinguished for their ungodliness. Men became more and more corrupt, and God determined to sweep the earth of its wicked population (Gen. 6:7). But with Noah God entered into a covenant, with a promise of deliverance from the threatened deluge (18). He was accordingly commanded to build an ark (6:14-16) for the saving of himself and his house. An interval of one hundred and twenty years elapsed while the ark was being built (6:3), during which Noah bore constant testimony against the unbelief and wickedness of that generation (1 Pet. 3:18-20; 2 Pet. 2:5). When the ark of "gopher-wood" (mentioned only here) was at length completed according to the command of the Lord, the living creatures that were to be preserved entered into it; and then Noah and his wife and sons and daughters-in-law entered it, and the "Lord shut him in" (Gen.7:16). The judgment-threatened now fell on the guilty world, "the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished" (2 Pet. 3:6). The ark floated on the waters for one hundred and fifty days, and then rested on the mountains of Ararat (Gen. 8:3,4); but not for a considerable time after this was divine permission given him to leave the ark, so that he and his family were a whole year shut up within it (Gen. 6-14). On leaving the ark Noah's first act was to erect an altar, the first of which there is any mention, and offer the sacrifices of adoring thanks and praise to God, who entered into a covenant with him, the first covenant between God and man, granting him possession of the earth by a new and special charter, which remains in force to the present time (Gen. 8:21-9:17). As a sign and witness of this covenant, the rainbow was adopted and set apart by God, as a sure pledge that never again would the earth be destroyed by a flood. But, alas! Noah after this fell into grievous sin (Gen. 9:21); and the conduct of Ham on this sad occasion led to the memorable prediction regarding his three sons and their descendants. Noah "lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years, and he died" (28:29). (See {DELUGE}). Noah, motion, (Heb. No'ah) one of the five daughters of Zelophehad (Num.26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Josh. 17:3). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Neah, moved; moving | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
No, stirring up; forbidding | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Noah, repose; consolation | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Noah, that quavers or totters (Zelophehad's daughter) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Noe, same as Noah | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Noha, rest; a guide | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Niue (free association with New Zealand) Niue:Geography Location: Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga Map references: Oceania Area: total area: 260 sq km land area: 260 sq km comparative area: slightly less than 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 64 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical; modified by southeast trade winds Terrain: steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau Natural resources: fish, arable land Land use: arable land: 61% permanent crops: 4% meadows and pastures: 4% forest and woodland: 19% other: 12% Irrigated land: NA sq km Environment: current issues: traditional methods of burning brush and trees to clear land for agriculture have threatened soil supplies which naturally are not very abundant natural hazards: typhoons international agreements: signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea Note: one of world's largest coral islands Niue:People Population: 1,837 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA Population growth rate: -3.66% (1995 est.) Birth rate: NA Death rate: NA Net migration rate: NA Infant mortality rate: NA Life expectancy at birth: NA Total fertility rate: NA Nationality: noun: Niuean(s) adjective: Niuean Ethnic divisions: Polynesian (with some 200 Europeans, Samoans, and Tongans) Religions: Ekalesia Nieue (Niuean Church) 75% - a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society, Morman 10%, other 15% (mostly Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventist) Languages: Polynesian closely related to Tongan and Samoan, English Labor force: 1,000 (1981 est.) by occupation: most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board Niue:Government Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Niue Digraph: NE Type: self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand; Niue fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs Capital: Alofi Administrative divisions: none Independence: 19 October 1974 (became a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand on 19 October 1974) National holiday: Waitangi Day, 6 February (1840) (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty) Constitution: 19 October 1974 (Niue Constitution Act) Legal system: English common law Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by New Zealand Representative Kurt MEYER (since NA) head of government: Premier Frank F. LUI (since 12 March 1993; Acting Premier since December 1992) cabinet: Cabinet; consists of the premier and three other ministers Legislative branch: unicameral Legislative Assembly: elections last held 6 March 1993 (next to be held NA 1996); results - percent of vote NA; seats - (20 total, 6 elected) Judicial branch: Appeal Court of New Zealand, High Court Political parties and leaders: Niue Peoples Party (NPP), Young VIVIAN Member of: ESCAP (associate), INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), SPARTECA, SPC, SPF, UNESCO, WHO Diplomatic representation in US: none (self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand) US diplomatic representation: none (self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand) Flag: yellow with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the flag of the UK bears five yellow five-pointed stars - a large one on a blue disk in the center and a smaller one on each arm of the bold red cross Economy Overview: The economy is heavily dependent on aid from New Zealand. Government expenditures regularly exceed revenues, with the shortfall made up by grants from New Zealand - the grants are used to pay wages to public employees. The agricultural sector consists mainly of subsistence gardening, although some cash crops are grown for export. Industry consists primarily of small factories to process passion fruit, lime oil, honey, and coconut cream. The sale of postage stamps to foreign collectors is an important source of revenue. The island in recent years has suffered a serious loss of population because of migration of Niueans to New Zealand. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $2.4 million (1993 est.) National product real growth rate: NA% National product per capita: $1,200 (1993 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5% (1992) Unemployment rate: NA% Budget: revenues: $5.5 million expenditures: $6.3 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1985 est.) Exports: $117,500 (f.o.b., 1989) commodities: canned coconut cream, copra, honey, passion fruit products, pawpaw, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts partners: NZ 89%, Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia Imports: $4.1 million (c.i.f., 1989) commodities: food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs partners: NZ 59%, Fiji 20%, Japan 13%, Western Samoa, Australia, US External debt: $NA Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: capacity: 1,500 kW production: 2.7 million kWh consumption per capita: 1,490 kWh (1992) Industries: tourism, handicrafts, food processing Agriculture: coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes; subsistence crops - taro, yams, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle Economic aid: recipient: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $62 million Currency: 1 New Zealand dollar (NZ$) = 100 cents Exchange rates: New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1 - 1.5601 (January 1995), 1.6844 (1994), 1.8495 (1993), 1.8584 (1992), 1.7265 (1991), 1.6750 (1990) Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March Niue:Transportation Railroads: 0 km Highways: total: 229 km unpaved: all-weather 123 km; plantation access 106 km Ports: none; offshore anchorage only Merchant marine: none Airports: total: 1 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 Niue:Communications Telephone system: 383 telephones local: NA intercity: single-line telephone system connects all villages on island international: NA Radio: broadcast stations: AM 1,000, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1987 est.) radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 0 televisions: NA Niue:Defense Forces Branches: Police Force Note: defense is the responsibility of New Zealand |