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nanotube
n 1: a fullerene molecule having a cylindrical or toroidal shape
[syn: {carbon nanotube}, {nanotube}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- neon tube
- n
- a lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing
neon at low pressure; luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube
Synonym(s): neon lamp, neon induction lamp, neon tube
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- ninety-fifth
- adj
- the ordinal number of ninety-five in counting order [syn:
ninety-fifth, 95th]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- ninety-five
- adj
- being five more than ninety [syn: ninety-five, 95,
xcv]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- ninety-four
- adj
- being four more than ninety [syn: ninety-four, 94,
xciv]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Ninth of Ab
- n
- (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar
commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
Synonym(s): Tishah b'Av, Tishah b'Ab, Tisha b'Av, Tisha b'Ab, Ninth of Av, Ninth of Ab, Fast of Av, Fast of Ab
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Ninth of Av
- n
- (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar
commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
Synonym(s): Tishah b'Av, Tishah b'Ab, Tisha b'Av, Tisha b'Ab, Ninth of Av, Ninth of Ab, Fast of Av, Fast of Ab
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Noah and the Flood
- n
- (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of
Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
Synonym(s): Noah's flood, Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, the Flood
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nom de plume
- n
- an author's pseudonym
Synonym(s): pen name, nom de plume
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nonadaptive
- adj
- (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive
purpose; "dysfunctional behavior"
Synonym(s): dysfunctional, nonadaptive
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nondepository financial institution
- n
- a financial institution that funds their investment
activities from the sale of securities or insurance
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nondevelopment
- n
- failure of normal development to occur [ant: development,
growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- nonnative
- adj
- not being or composed of aborigines; "the nonnative
population of South Africa"
Antonym(s): aboriginal, native
- of persons born in another area or country than that lived in; "our large nonnative population"
Synonym(s): foreign-born, nonnative
- of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Tasmanian \Tas*ma"ni*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land. -- {n. A
native or inhabitant of Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.)}, in
the plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania,
but is now extinct.
{Tasmanain cider tree}. (Bot.) See the Note under
{Eucalyptus}.
{Tasmanain devil}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Devil}.
{Tasmanain wolf} (Zo[94]l.), a savage carnivorous marsupial;
-- called also {zebra wolf}. See {Zebra wolf}, under
{Wolf}.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Nematoblast \Nem"a*to*blast\, n. [Nemato- + -blast.] (Biol.)
A spermatocyte or spermoblast.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Nondeposition \Non*dep`o*si"tion\, n.
A failure to deposit or throw down.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Nondevelopment \Non`de*vel"op*ment\, n.
Failure or lack of development.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
named pipe
A {Unix} {pipe} with a {filename} created
using the "{mknod}" command. Named pipes allow unrelated
processes to communicate with each other whereas the normal
(un-named) kind can only be used by processes which are parent
and child or siblings ({fork}ed from the same parent).
(1996-12-01)
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