nitrous oxide : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   Natrix
         n 1: water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus [syn: {Natrix}, {genus
               Natrix}]

English Dictionary: nitrous oxide	by the DICT Development Group
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Natrix maura n a small harmless grass snake [syn: viperine grass snake, Natrix maura]
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Natrix natrix n harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England Synonym(s): grass snake, ring snake, ringed snake, Natrix natrix
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Natrix sipedon n in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water Synonym(s): common water snake, banded water snake, Natrix sipedon, Nerodia sipedon
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natterjack n common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe; runs rather than hops Synonym(s): natterjack, Bufo calamita
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nature study n the study of animals and plants in the natural world (usually at an elementary level)
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naturism n going without clothes as a social practice [syn: nudism, naturism]
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naturist n a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion Synonym(s): nudist, naturist
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naturistic adj in accord with naturism
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nether region n (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson Synonym(s): Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit Antonym(s): Heaven
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network n an interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in a web of cloth" Synonym(s): network, web (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs; "the networks compete to broadcast important sports events" an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals Synonym(s): net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork a system of intersecting lines or channels; "a railroad network"; "a network of canals" (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits Synonym(s): network, electronic network v communicate with and within a group; "You have to network if you want to get a good job"
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network architecture n specification of design principles (including data formats and procedures) for creating a network configuration of data processors
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network army n a group of like-minded people united by the internet; a new kind of social or political of business group that may exert broad influence on a shared concern; "a network army of software programmers contribute free software to those who want it"
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network programming n the schedule of programs to be broadcast on a network
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network topology n the configuration of a communication network [syn: topology, network topology]
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networklike adj having a network of veins or ribs
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Nidaros n a port in central Norway on Trondheim Fjord [syn: Trondheim, Nidaros]
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nitrazepam n a hypnotic and sedative drug of the benzodiazepine type
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nitric adj of or containing nitrogen; "nitric acid" [syn: azotic, nitric, nitrous]
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nitric acid n acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels Synonym(s): nitric acid, aqua fortis
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nitric bacteria n soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates [syn: nitric bacteria, nitrobacteria]
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nitric bacterium n any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize nitrites into nitrates Synonym(s): nitrate bacterium, nitric bacterium
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nitric oxide n a poisonous red-brown gas (NO)
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nitro group n the group -NO3
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nitrocalcite n the mineral form of calcium nitrate
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nitrocellulose n a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives [syn: cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, guncotton, nitrocotton]
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nitrochloroform n a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas Synonym(s): chloropicrin, nitrochloroform
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nitrochloromethane n gaseous form of chloropicrin used as tear gas
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nitrocotton n a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives [syn: cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, guncotton, nitrocotton]
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nitrogen n a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues Synonym(s): nitrogen, N, atomic number 7
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nitrogen balance n the balance between the amount of nitrogen taken in (to the soil or the body) and the amount given off (lost or excreted)
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nitrogen cycle n the circulation of nitrogen; nitrates from the soil are absorbed by plants which are eaten by animals that die and decay returning the nitrogen back to the soil
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nitrogen dioxide n a highly poisonous brown gas (NO2)
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nitrogen fixation n the assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen by soil bacteria and its release for plant use on the death of the bacteria
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nitrogen mustard n a toxic compound resembling mustard gas in structure; important in cancer treatment
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nitrogen narcosis n confused or stuporous state caused by high levels of dissolved nitrogen in the blood; "deep-sea divers can suffer nitrogen narcosis from breathing air under high pressure"
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nitrogen oxide n any of several oxides of nitrogen formed by the action of nitric acid on oxidizable materials; present in car exhausts
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nitrogen trichloride n a yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour Synonym(s): nitrogen trichloride, Agene
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nitrogen-bearing adj of or relating to or containing nitrogen [syn: nitrogenous, nitrogen-bearing]
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nitrogen-fixing adj contributing to the process of nitrogen fixation
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nitrogenase n an enzyme of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia
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nitrogenise v treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound [syn: nitrify, nitrogenize, nitrogenise]
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nitrogenize v treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound [syn: nitrify, nitrogenize, nitrogenise]
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nitrogenous adj of or relating to or containing nitrogen [syn: nitrogenous, nitrogen-bearing]
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nitroglycerin n a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat) Synonym(s): nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate, Nitrospan, Nitrostat
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nitroglycerine n a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat) Synonym(s): nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate, Nitrospan, Nitrostat
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nitrosobacteria n soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites [syn: nitrosobacteria, nitrous bacteria]
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Nitrosomonas n ellipsoidal soil bacteria [syn: Nitrosomonas, {genus Nitrosomonas}]
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Nitrospan n a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat) Synonym(s): nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate, Nitrospan, Nitrostat trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris Synonym(s): Nitrospan, Nitrostat
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Nitrostat n a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat) Synonym(s): nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate, Nitrospan, Nitrostat trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris Synonym(s): Nitrospan, Nitrostat
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nitrous adj of or containing nitrogen; "nitric acid" [syn: azotic, nitric, nitrous]
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nitrous acid n an unstable inorganic acid known only in solution and as nitrite salts
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nitrous bacteria n soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites [syn: nitrosobacteria, nitrous bacteria]
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nitrous bacterium n any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites Synonym(s): nitrite bacterium, nitrous bacterium
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nitrous oxide n inhalation anesthetic used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery Synonym(s): nitrous oxide, laughing gas
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notarise v authenticate as a notary; "We had to have the signature notarized" Synonym(s): notarize, notarise
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notarize v authenticate as a notary; "We had to have the signature notarized" Synonym(s): notarize, notarise
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note receivable n your right in a promissory note in which the maker promises to pay a certain amount of money at a certain time
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notorious adj known widely and usually unfavorably; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold"; Synonym(s): ill-famed, infamous, notorious
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notoriously adv to a notorious degree; "European emigres, who notoriously used to repair to the British Museum to write seditious pamphlets"
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Notoryctidae n pouched moles Synonym(s): Notoryctidae, family Notoryctidae
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Notoryctus n type genus of the family Notoryctidae: comprising solely the marsupial mole Synonym(s): Notoryctus, genus Notoryctus
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Notoryctus typhlops n small burrowing Australian marsupial that resembles a mole Synonym(s): pouched mole, marsupial mole, Notoryctus typhlops
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Nydrazid n antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis Synonym(s): isoniazid, INH, Nydrazid
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Black snake \Black" snake`\ (sn[amac]k) [or] Blacksnake \Black"snake\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in the United States, the {Bascanium constrictor}, or racer, sometimes six feet long, and the {Scotophis Alleghaniensis}, seven or eight feet long. Note: The name is also applied to various other black serpents, as {Natrix atra} of Jamaica.
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Natterjack \Nat"ter*jack`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A European toad ({Bufo calamita}), having a yellow line along its back.
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Naturism \Na"tur*ism\, n. (Med.) The belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent.
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Naturist \Na"tur*ist\, n. One who believes in, or conforms to, the theory of naturism. --Boyle.
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Naturize \Na"tur*ize\, v. t. To endow with a nature or qualities; to refer to nature. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Neat \Neat\, a. [Compar. {Neater}; superl. {Neatest}.] [OE. nett, F. nett, fr. L. nitidus, fr. nitere to shine. Cf. {Nitid}, {Net}, a., {Natty}.] 1. Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy. If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean. --Law. 2. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress. 3. Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy. [bd]Our old wine neat.[b8] --Chapman. 4. Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief. 5. With all deductions or allowances made; net. Note: [In this sense usually written {net}. See {Net}, a., 3.] {neat line} (Civil Engin.), a line to which work is to be built or formed. {Neat work}, work built or formed to neat lines. Syn: Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce.
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Neatress \Neat"ress\, n. [From neat cattle.] A woman who takes care of cattle. [R.] --Warner.
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Neoteric \Ne`oter"ic\, Neoterical \Ne`oter"ic*al\, a. [L. neotericus, gr. [?], fr. [?], compar. of [?] young, new.] Recent in origin; modern; new. [bd]Our neoteric verbs.[b8] --Fitzed. Hall. Some being ancient, others neoterical. --Bacon.
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Neoteric \Ne`o*ter"ic\, n. One of modern times; a modern.
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Neoteric \Ne`oter"ic\, Neoterical \Ne`oter"ic*al\, a. [L. neotericus, gr. [?], fr. [?], compar. of [?] young, new.] Recent in origin; modern; new. [bd]Our neoteric verbs.[b8] --Fitzed. Hall. Some being ancient, others neoterical. --Bacon.
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Neoterically \Neo`ter"ically\, adv. Recently; newly.
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Neoterism \Neot"erism\, n. [Gr. [?] innovation] An innovation or novelty; a neoteric word or phrase.
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Neoterist \Neot"erist\, n. One ho introduces new word[?] or phrases. --Fitzed Hall.
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Neoterize \Neot"erize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Neoterized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Neoterized}.] [Gr. [?] to innovate.] To innovate; to coin or introduce new words. Freely as we of the nineteenth century neoterize. --fized. Hall.
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Neoterize \Neot"erize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Neoterized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Neoterized}.] [Gr. [?] to innovate.] To innovate; to coin or introduce new words. Freely as we of the nineteenth century neoterize. --fized. Hall.
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d8Grysbok \[d8]Grys"bok\n. [D. grijs gray + bok buck.] (Zo[94]l.) A small South African antelope ({Neotragus melanotis}). It is speckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn.
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d8Madoqua \[d8]Ma"do*qua\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small Abyssinian antelope ({Neotragus Saltiana}), about the size of a hare.
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Network \Net"work`\, n. 1. A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them. 2. Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a network of railroads.
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Nidorose \Ni"dor*ose`\, a. Nidorous. [R.] --Arbuthnot.
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Nidorous \Ni"dor*ous\, a. [L. nidorosus steaming, reeking: cf. F. nidoreux. See {Nidor}.] Resembling the smell or taste of roast meat, or of corrupt animal matter. [R.]
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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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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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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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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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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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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}.
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Nitroxyl \Ni*trox"yl\, n. [Nitro- + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.) The group {NO2}, usually called the {nitro group}.
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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}.
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Nitroxyl \Ni*trox"yl\, n. [Nitro- + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.) The group {NO2}, usually called the {nitro group}.
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Nitrocalcite \Ni`tro*cal"cite\, n. [Nitro- + calcite.] (Min.) Nitrate of calcium, a substance having a grayish white color, occuring in efforescences on old walls, and in limestone caves, especially where there exists decaying animal matter.
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Nitrocarbol \Ni`tro*car"bol\, n. [Nitro- + carbon + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) See {Nitromethane}.
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Nitromethane \Ni`tro*meth"ane\, n. [Nitro- + methane.] (Chem.) A nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid; -- called also {nitrocarbol}.
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Nitrocarbol \Ni`tro*car"bol\, n. [Nitro- + carbon + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) See {Nitromethane}.
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Nitromethane \Ni`tro*meth"ane\, n. [Nitro- + methane.] (Chem.) A nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid; -- called also {nitrocarbol}.
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Nitrocellulose \Ni`trocel"lulose`\, n. [Nitro- + cellulose.] (Chem.) See {Gun cotton}, under {Gun}.
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Nitro-chloroform \Ni`tro-chlo"ro*form\, n. [Nitro- + chloroform.] (Chem.) Same as {Chlorpicrin}.
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Nitrogelatin \Ni`trogel"atin\, n. [Nitro- + gelatin.] An explosive consisting of gun cotton and camphor dissolved in nitroglycerin. [Written also {nitrogelatine}.]
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Nitrogelatin \Ni`trogel"atin\, n. [Nitro- + gelatin.] An explosive consisting of gun cotton and camphor dissolved in nitroglycerin. [Written also {nitrogelatine}.]
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Nitrogen \Ni`tro*gen\, n. [L. nitrum natron + -gen: cf. F. nitrog[8a]ne. See {Niter}.] (Chem.) A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. It is chemically very inert in the free state, and as such is incapable of supporting life (hence the name {azote} still used by French chemists); but it forms many important compounds, as ammonia, nitric acid, the cyanides, etc, and is a constituent of all organized living tissues, animal or vegetable. Symbol N. Atomic weight 14. It was formerly regarded as a permanent noncondensible gas, but was liquefied in 1877 by Cailletet of Paris, and Pictet of Geneva.
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Nitrogenize \Ni"trogenize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nitrogenized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nitrogenizing}.] (Chem.) To combine, or impregnate, with nitrogen or its compounds.
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Nitrogenize \Ni"trogenize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nitrogenized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nitrogenizing}.] (Chem.) To combine, or impregnate, with nitrogen or its compounds.
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Nitrogenize \Ni"trogenize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nitrogenized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nitrogenizing}.] (Chem.) To combine, or impregnate, with nitrogen or its compounds.
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Nitrogenous \Nitrog"enous\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen; as, a nitrogenous principle; nitrogenous compounds. {Nitrogenous foods}. See 2d Note under {Food}, n., 1.
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Nitrogenous \Nitrog"enous\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen; as, a nitrogenous principle; nitrogenous compounds. {Nitrogenous foods}. See 2d Note under {Food}, n., 1.
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Nitroglycerin \Ni`troglyc"erin\, n. [Nitro- + glycerinn.] (Chem.) A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric acid, and hence more properly called {glycerin nitrate}. It is made by the action of nitric acid on glycerin in the presence of sulphuric acid. It is extremely unstable and terribly explosive. A very dilute solution is used in medicine as a neurotic under the name of {glonion}. [Written also {nitroglycerine}.] Note: A great number of explosive compounds have been produced by mixing nitroglycerin with different substances; as, dynamite, or giant powder, nitroglycerin mixed with siliceous earth; lithofracteur, nitroglycerin with gunpowder, or with sawdust and nitrate of sodium or barium; Colonia powder, gunpowder with nitroglycerin; dualin, nitroglycerin with sawdust, or with sawdust and nitrate of potassium and some other substances; lignose, wood fiber and nitroglycerin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitroglycerin \Ni`troglyc"erin\, n. [Nitro- + glycerinn.] (Chem.) A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric acid, and hence more properly called {glycerin nitrate}. It is made by the action of nitric acid on glycerin in the presence of sulphuric acid. It is extremely unstable and terribly explosive. A very dilute solution is used in medicine as a neurotic under the name of {glonion}. [Written also {nitroglycerine}.] Note: A great number of explosive compounds have been produced by mixing nitroglycerin with different substances; as, dynamite, or giant powder, nitroglycerin mixed with siliceous earth; lithofracteur, nitroglycerin with gunpowder, or with sawdust and nitrate of sodium or barium; Colonia powder, gunpowder with nitroglycerin; dualin, nitroglycerin with sawdust, or with sawdust and nitrate of potassium and some other substances; lignose, wood fiber and nitroglycerin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitroquinol \Ni`tro*qui"nol\, n. [Nitro- + quine + -ol.] (Chem.) A hypothetical nitro derivative of quinol or hydroquinone, not known in the free state, but forming a well defined series of derivatives.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitrosalicylic \Ni`trosal`icyl"ic\, a. [Nitro- + salicylic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitro derivative of salicylic acid, called also {anilic acid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitrose \Ni*trose"\, a. (Chem.) See {Nitrous}.
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]:
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]:
Nitrosylic \Ni`tro*syl"ic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrosyl; as, nitrosylic acid.
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]:
Nitrous \Ni"trous\, a. [L. nitrosus full of natron: cf. F. nitreux. See {Niter}.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it. 2. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds. {Nitrous acid} (Chem.), a hypothetical acid of nitrogen {HNO2}, not known in the free state, but forming a well known series of salts, viz., the nitrites. {Nitrous oxide}. See {Laughing gas}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitrous \Ni"trous\, a. [L. nitrosus full of natron: cf. F. nitreux. See {Niter}.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it. 2. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds. {Nitrous acid} (Chem.), a hypothetical acid of nitrogen {HNO2}, not known in the free state, but forming a well known series of salts, viz., the nitrites. {Nitrous oxide}. See {Laughing gas}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nitrous \Ni"trous\, a. [L. nitrosus full of natron: cf. F. nitreux. See {Niter}.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it. 2. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds. {Nitrous acid} (Chem.), a hypothetical acid of nitrogen {HNO2}, not known in the free state, but forming a well known series of salts, viz., the nitrites. {Nitrous oxide}. See {Laughing gas}.
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]:
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]:
Notary \No"ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Notaries}. [F. notaire, L. notarius notary (in sense 1), fr. nota mark. See 5th {Note}.] 1. One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body. 2. (Eng. & Am. Law) A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make them authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. He is generally called a {notary public}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Egg \Egg\, n. [OE., fr. Icel. egg; akin to AS. [91]g (whence OE. ey), Sw. [84]gg, Dan. [91]g, G. & D. ei, and prob. to OSlav. aje, jaje, L. ovum, Gr. 'w,o`n, Ir. ugh, Gael. ubh, and perh. to L. avis bird. Cf. {Oval}.] 1. (Popularly) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the [bd]white[b8] or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane. 2. (Biol.) A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell. 3. Anything resembling an egg in form. Note: Egg is used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, egg beater or egg-beater, egg case, egg ladle, egg-shaped, etc. {Egg and anchor} (Arch.), an egg-shaped ornament, alternating with another in the form of a dart, used to enrich the ovolo; -- called also {egg and dart}, and {egg and tongue}. See {Anchor}, n., 5. --Ogilvie. {Egg cleavage} (Biol.), a process of cleavage or segmentation, by which the egg undergoes endogenous division with formation of a mass of nearly similar cells, from the growth and differentiation of which the new organism is ultimately formed. See {Segmentation of the ovum}, under {Segmentation}. {Egg development} (Biol.), the process of the development of an egg, by which the embryo is formed. {Egg mite} (Zo[94]l.), any mite which devours the eggs of insects, as {Nothrus ovivorus}, which destroys those of the canker worm. {Egg parasite} (Zo[94]l.), any small hymenopterous insect, which, in the larval stage, lives within the eggs of other insects. Many genera and species are known.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Notorhizal \No`to*rhi"zal\, a. [Gr. [?] the back + [?] a root.] (Bot.) Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Notorious \Noto"rious\, a. [L. notorius pointing out, making known, fr. noscere, notum, to known: cf. F. notoire. See {Know}.] Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice. Your goodness, Since you provoke me, shall be most notorious. --Shak. Syn: Distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; celebrated; noted; famous; renowned.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-- {Noto"riously}, adv. -- {Noto"riousness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-- {Noto"riously}, adv. -- {Noto"riousness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catfish \Cat"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat ({Gronias nigrilabrus}); the mud cat ({Pilodictic oilwaris}), the stone cat ({Noturus flavus}); the sea cat ({Arius felis}), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to the {wolf fish}. See {Bullhrad}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erst \Erst\ ([etil]rst), adv. [Orig. superlative of ere; AS. [aemac]rest. See {Ere}.] [Archaic] 1. First. --Chaucer. 2. Previously; before; formerly; heretofore. --Chaucer. Tityrus, with whose style he had erst disclaimed all ambition to match his pastoral pipe. --A. W. Ward. {At erst}, at first; at the beginning. {Now at erst}, at this present time. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rush \Rush\, n. [OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to LG. rusk, risch, D. & G. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of {Juncus} and {Scirpus}. Note: Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats, and the pith is used in some places for wicks to lamps and rushlights. 2. The merest trifle; a straw. John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush. --Arbuthnot. {Bog rush}. See under {Bog}. {Club rush}, any rush of the genus {Scirpus}. {Flowering rush}. See under {Flowering}. {Nut rush} (a) Any plant of the genus {Scleria}, rushlike plants with hard nutlike fruits. (b) A name for several species of {Cyperus} having tuberous roots. {Rush broom}, an Australian leguminous plant ({Viminaria denudata}), having long, slender branches. Also, the Spanish broom. See under {Spanish}. {Rush candle}, See under {Candle}. {Rush grass}, any grass of the genus {Vilfa}, grasses with wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets. {Rush toad} (Zo[94]l.), the natterjack. {Scouring rush}. (Bot.) Same as {Dutch rush}, under {Dutch.} {Spike rush}, any rushlike plant of the genus {Eleocharis}, in which the flowers grow in dense spikes. {Sweet rush}, a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc. ({Andropogon sch[d2]nanthus}), used in Oriental medical practice. {Wood rush}, any plant of the genus {Luzula}, which differs in some technical characters from {Juncus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Nut pine}. (Bot.) See under {Pine}. {Nut rush} (Bot.), a genus of cyperaceous plants ({Scleria}) having a hard bony achene. Several species are found in the United States and many more in tropical regions. {Nut tree}, a tree that bears nuts. {Nut weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any species of weevils of the genus {Balaninus} and other allied genera, which in the larval state live in nuts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nutrication \Nu`tri*ca"tion\, n. [L. nutricatio, fr. nutricare, nutricari, to suckle, nourish, fr. nutrix a nurse.] The act or manner of feeding. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
netrock /net'rok/ n. [IBM] A {flame}; used esp. on VNET, IBM's internal corporate network.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
network address n. (also `net address') As used by hackers, means an address on `the' network (see {the network}; this used to include {bang path} addresses but now almost always implies an {{Internet address}}). Net addresses are often used in email text as a more concise substitute for personal names; indeed, hackers may come to know each other quite well by network names without ever learning each others' `legal' monikers. Indeed, display of a network address (e.g on business cards) used to function as an important hacker identification signal, like lodge pins among Masons or tie-dyed T-shirts among Grateful Dead fans. In the day of pervasive Internet this is less true, but you can still be fairly sure that anyone with a network address handwritten on his or her convention badge is a hacker.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
network meltdown n. A state of complete network overload; the network equivalent of {thrash}ing. This may be induced by a {Chernobyl packet}. See also {broadcast storm}, {kamikaze packet}. Network meltdown is often a result of network designs that are optimized for a steady state of moderate load and don't cope well with the very jagged, bursty usage patterns of the real world. One amusing instance of this is triggered by the popular and very bloody shoot-'em-up game Doom on the PC. When used in multiplayer mode over a network, the game uses broadcast packets to inform other machines when bullets are fired. This causes problems with weapons like the chain gun which fire rapidly -- it can blast the network into a meltdown state just as easily as it shreds opposing monsters.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
notwork /not'werk/ n. A network, when it is acting {flaky} or is {down}. Compare {nyetwork}. Said at IBM to have originally referred to a particular period of flakiness on IBM's VNET corporate network ca. 1988; but there are independent reports of the term from elsewhere.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
nyetwork /nyet'werk/ n. [from Russian `nyet' = no] A network, when it is acting {flaky} or is {down}. Compare {notwork}. = O =
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Netrek A 16-player graphical {real-time} battle simulation with a Star Trek theme. The game is divided into two teams of eight (or less), who dogfight each other and attempt to conquer each other's planets. There are several different types of ships, from fast, fragile scouts up to big, slow battleships; this allows a great deal of variance in play styles. Netrek is played using a {client} to connect to one of several Netrek {servers} on the {Internet}. There is a metaserver which distributes details of games in progress on other servers. See also {ogg}. [Dates? Versions? Authors? Addresses?] (1998-02-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
netrock /net'rok/ (IBM) A {flame}; used especially on {VNET}, {IBM}'s internal corporate network. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) A {Novell} trademark for the {protocol} used to access {Novell NetWare} file and print service functions. It uses an underlying {IPX} or {IP} {transport protocol}. (1995-11-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network Hardware and software data communication systems. The {OSI} seven layer model attempts to provide a way of partitioning any computer network into independent modules from the lowest (physical) layer to the highest (application) layer. Many different specifications exist at each of these layers. Networks are often also classified according to their geographical extent: {local area network} (LAN), {metropolitan area network} (MAN), {wide area network} (WAN) and also according to the {protocol}s used. See {BITNET}, {Ethernet}, {Internet}, {Novell}, {PSTN}, {network, the}. [Tanenbaum, A., "Computer Networks; 2nd ed.", Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1989.] (1995-03-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network address 1. The network portion of an {IP address}. For a {class A} network, the network address is the first {byte} of the IP address. For a {class B network}, the network address is the first two bytes of the IP address. For a {class C network}, the network address is the first three bytes of the IP address. In each case, the remainder is the {host address}. In the {Internet}, assigned network addresses are globally unique. See also {subnet address}, {Internet Registry}. 2. (Or "net address") An {electronic mail} address on {the network}. In the 1980s this might have been a {bang path} but now (1997) it is nearly always a {domain address}. Such an address is essential if one wants to be to be taken seriously by {hackers}; in particular, persons or organisations that claim to understand, work with, sell to, or recruit from among hackers but don't display net addresses are quietly presumed to be clueless poseurs and mentally {flush}ed. Hackers often put their net addresses on their business cards and wear them prominently in contexts where they expect to meet other hackers face-to-face (e.g. {science-fiction fandom}). This is mostly functional, but is also a signal that one identifies with hackerdom (like lodge pins among Masons or tie-dyed T-shirts among Grateful Dead fans). Net addresses are often used in e-mail text as a more concise substitute for personal names; indeed, hackers may come to know each other quite well by network names without ever learning each others' real monikers. See also {sitename}, {domainist}. [{Jargon File}] (1997-05-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Address Translation (NAT, or Network Address Translator, Virtual LAN) A hardware device currently being developed and used to extend the {Internet address}es already in use. NAT has been suggested as an alternative to adopting {IPv6} (IPng). It allows duplicate IP addresses to be used within a corporation and unique addresses outside. ["NATs are next naughty Internet issue", Christine Hudgins-Bonafield , in "Network Computing", March 1, 1995]. (1995-04-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Address Translator {Network Address Translation}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Addressable Unit (NAU) The {SNA} term for an {addressable entity}. Examples include {PU}s, {LU}s, and {SSCP}s. (1997-05-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Application Support (NAS) {DEC}'s approach to {applications integration} across a {distributed} multivendor environment. (2003-06-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Attached Storage (NAS) {Fixed disks}, {RAID} arrays, and {magnetic tape} drives connected directly to a {Storage Area Network} (SAN) or other direct network connection. This is in contrast to a {file server} where the peripherals are connected to the network via a computer (the server). (2003-06-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network byte order The order in which the {bytes} of a multi-byte number are transmitted on a network - most significant byte first (as in "{big-endian}" storage). This may or may not match the order in which numbers are normally stored in memory for a particular processor. {(http://www.sun.com/realitycheck/headsup980803.html)}. {(http://www.hp.com/unixwork/whatsnew/fyi/bissue/aug98/article3.htm)}. (1998-11-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network card {network interface controller}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network closet The place where {network} {hardware} (other than cabling) is installed. The space should be used primarily for storage, be dry, and have electricity available. Since network equipment rarely needs attention once installed and tested, the network closet can have limited accessibility. (1995-05-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Computing Devices (NCD) Producer of {X terminals}, {PC-Xware} and {Z-Mail}. {Home (http://www.ncd.com/)}. (1998-10-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network database A kind of {database management system} in which each record type can have multiple owners, e.g. orders are owned by both customers and products. This contrasts with a {hierarchical database} (one owner) or {relational database} (no explicit owner). (1998-10-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Definition Language (NDL) The language used to program the DCP (Data Communications Processor) on {Burroughs Large System}. Version: NDL II. (1994-12-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Device Interface Specification (NDIS) A {Microsoft Windows device driver} programming interface allowing multiple {protocols} to share the same {network} {hardware}. E.g. {TCP/IP} and {IPX} on the same {NIC}. NDIS can also be used by some ISDN adapters. A protocol manager accepts requests from the {transport layer} and passes them to the {data link layer} (routed to the correct network interface if there is more than one). NDIS was developed by {Microsoft} and {3COM}. {Novell} offers a similar device driver for NetWare called Open Data-Link Interface (ODI). The NDIS 2.0 specification was 5000 lines. Current version: NDIS 5.0, as of 2000-10-30. {Home (http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/devdes/ndis5.htm)}. {cdrom.com NDIS archive (ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/network/ndis/)}. ["3TECH, The 3COM Technical Journal", Winter 1991]. (2000-10-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network extensible Window System (NeWS) An elegant {PostScript}-based windowing environment, invented by James Gosling, the author of {GOSMACS}. NeWS would almost certainly have won the {standard}s war with the {X Window System} if it hadn't been {proprietary} to {Sun Microsystems}. There is a lesson here that too many software vendors haven't yet heeded. Communication is based on {PostScript} and server functions can be extended. See also {HyperNeWS}, {OpenWindows}. (1994-12-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network File System (NFS) A {protocol} developed by {Sun Microsystems}, and defined in {RFC 1094}, which allows a computer to access files over a network as if they were on its local disks. This {protocol} has been incorporated in products by more than two hundred companies, and is now a {de facto} standard. NFS is implemented using a {connectionless protocol} ({UDP}) in order to make it {stateless}. See {Nightmare File System}, {WebNFS}. (1994-12-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Filing System Misnomer for {Network File System}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Information Center (NIC) A body that provides information, assistance and services to {network} users. These will typically include telephone and {electronic mail} "help desk" type services for users and network information services such as {hostname}s and addresses which are accessed automatically by computers using some {client-server} protocol (usually Sun's {NIS}). See also {Network Operations Center}. (1994-12-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Information Service (NIS) {Sun Microsystems}' Yellow Pages (yp) {client-server} {protocol} for distributing system configuration data such as user and host names between computers on a network. Sun licenses the technology to virtually all other {Unix} vendors. The name "Yellow Pages" is a registered trademark in the United Kingdom of British Telecommunications plc for their (paper) commercial telephone directory. Sun changed the name of their system to NIS, though all the commands and functions still start with "yp", e.g. {ypcat}, {ypmatch}, {ypwhich}. {Unix manual pages}: yp(3), ypclnt(3), ypcat(1), ypmatch(1). (1995-04-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Information System A mis-expansion of {NIS}. (1995-04-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network interface card {network interface controller}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network interface controller (NIC or "network interface card") An adapter circuit board installed in a computer to provide a physical connection to a network. [Examples? Attributes?] (1996-03-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network layer (communications subnet layer) The third lowest layer in the {OSI} seven layer model. The network layer determines routing of {packets} of data from sender to receiver via the {data link layer} and is used by the {transport layer}. The most common network layer {protocol} is {IP}. (1994-12-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network layer reachability information (NLRI) Keywords used to for {unicast} and {multicast} {database} forwarding. For example, you would assign a user's NLRI so the user can receive multicast messages regarding hardware down time that will affect a specific user group. [Reference?] (2002-06-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network management The process of controlling a {network} so as to maximise its efficiency and productivity. {ISO}'s model divides network management into five categories: {fault management}, {accounting management}, {configuration management}, {security management} and {performance management}. Fault management is the process of identifying and locating faults in the network. This could include discovering the existence of the problem, identifying the source, and possibly repairing (or at least isolating the rest of the network from) the problem. Configuration management is the process of identifying, tracking and modifying the setup of devices on the network. This category is extremely important for devices that come with numerous custom settings (e.g. {router}s and {file server}s). Security management is the process of controlling (granting, limiting, restricting or denying) access to the network and resources thereon. This could include setting up and managing {access list}s in {router}s (creating "{firewall}s" to keep intruders out), creating and maintaining password access to critical network resources, identifying the points of entry used by intruders and closing them. Performance Management is the process of measuring the performance of various network components. This also includes taking measures to optimise the network for maximum system performance (periodically measuring of the use of network resources). {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.dcom.net-management}. ["Network Management: A Practical Perspective", Allan Leinwand and Karen Fang]. (1994-11-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network meltdown (By analogy with catastrophic failure of a nuclear reactor) An event that causes saturation, or near saturation, on a network. It usually results from illegal or misrouted packets and typically lasts only a short time. It is the network equivalent of {thrash}ing. This may be induced by a {Chernobyl packet}. See also {broadcast storm}, {kamikaze packet}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) A {protocol} defined in {RFC} 977 for the distribution, inquiry, retrieval and posting of {Usenet} {news} articles over the {Internet}. It is designed to be used between a {news reader} {client} such as {nn} or {GNUS} and a news {server}. It is normally used on a connection to {TCP} {port} 119 on the news {server}. NNTP is a simple {ASCII} text protocol so even if you don't have a news reader program, you can just connect to the server using {telnet}: telnet news 119 where news is the name of your server (e.g. news.doc.ic.ac.uk). Typing HELP will give a list of other commands.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Node Interface (NNI) The {ATM Forum}'s specification for connections between network nodes. NNI makes network {routing} possible. It typically refers to {backbone} trunk connections between ATM switching equipment. See also: {UNI}. (2001-03-26)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network number {network address}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Operating System (NOS) The {operating system} on {Control Data Corporation}'s {Cyber Computer}. [Details?] (2002-11-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network operating system (NOS) An {operating system} which includes {software} to communicate with other computers via a {network}. This allows resources such as files, {application programs}, and {printers} to be shared between computers. Examples are {Berkeley Software Distribution} {Unix}, {Novell}, {LAntastic}, {MS LAN Manager}. [Is there a specific OS called "Network Operating System"?] (2001-03-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Operating System (NOS) The {operating system} on {Control Data Corporation}'s {Cyber Computer}. [Details?] (2002-11-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network operating system (NOS) An {operating system} which includes {software} to communicate with other computers via a {network}. This allows resources such as files, {application programs}, and {printers} to be shared between computers. Examples are {Berkeley Software Distribution} {Unix}, {Novell}, {LAntastic}, {MS LAN Manager}. [Is there a specific OS called "Network Operating System"?] (2001-03-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Operations Center (NOC) A location from which the operation of a {network} or {internet} is monitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as a clearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolve those problems. See also {Network Information Center}. (1994-12-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network redirector An {operating system} {driver} that sends data to and receives data from a remote device. A network redirector often provides mechanisms to locate, open, read, write, and delete files and submit print jobs. It also makes available application services such as {named pipes} and {mailslots}. When an application needs to send or receive data from a remote device, it sends a call to the redirector. The redirector provides the functionality of the {Application layer} and {Presentation layer} of the {OSI} model. In {Microsoft Networking}, the network redirectors are implemented as {installable file systems} (IFS). (1999-08-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network segment A part of an {Ethernet} or other network, on which all message traffic is common to all nodes, i.e. it is broadcast from one node on the segment and received by all others. This is normally because the segment is a single continuous conductor, though it may include {repeaters}(?). Since all nodes share the physical medium, {collision detection} or some other {protocol} is required to determine whether a message was transmitted without interference from other nodes. The receiving node inspects the destination address of a {packet} to tell if it was (one of) the intended recipient(s). Communication between nodes on different segments is via one or more {routers}. (1996-10-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI) One of the three companies that provide and coordinate {InterNIC} services for the {NSFNet}. NSI is responsible for registration. NSI has been bought by, and is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of, {Science Applications International Corporation} (SAIC). (1995-11-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Termination (NT, NT1) A device connecting the customer's data or telephone equipment to the local {ISDN} exchange carrier's line. The NT device provides a connection for {terminal equipment} (TE) and {terminal adaptor} (TA) equipment to the {local loop}. (1994-11-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network, the 1. (Or "the net") The union of all the major noncommercial, academic and hacker-oriented networks, such as {Internet}, the old {ARPANET}, {NSFnet}, {BITNET}, and the virtual {UUCP} and {Usenet} "networks", plus the corporate in-house networks and commercial {time-sharing} services (such as {CompuServe}) that gateway to them. A site was generally considered "on the network" if it could be reached by {electronic mail} through some combination of Internet-style (@-sign) and UUCP ({bang-path}) addresses. Since the explosion of the Internet in the mid 1990s, the term is now synonymous with the Internet. See {network address}. 2. A fictional conspiracy of libertarian hacker-subversives and anti-authoritarian monkeywrenchers described in Robert Anton Wilson's novel "Schrödinger's Cat", to which many {hackers} have subsequently decided they belong (this is an example of {ha ha only serious}). [{Jargon File}] (1999-01-26)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Network Time Protocol (NTP) A {protocol} built on top of {TCP/IP} that assures accurate local timekeeping with reference to radio, atomic or other clocks located on the {Internet}. This protocol is capable of synchronizing distributed clocks within milliseconds over long time periods. It is defined in {STD} 12, {RFC 1119}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
network transparency A feature of an {operating system} or other service which lets the user access a remote resource through a {network} without having to know if the resource is remote or local. For example {NFS} allow users to access remote files as if they were local files. (1996-12-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
networking {network}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
neutrosophic {Neutrosophy}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
neutrosophic logic (Or "Smarandache logic") A generalisation of {fuzzy logic} based on {Neutrosophy}. A proposition is t true, i indeterminate, and f false, where t, i, and f are real values from the ranges T, I, F, with no restriction on T, I, F, or the sum n=t+i+f. Neutrosophic logic thus generalises: - {intuitionistic logic}, which supports incomplete theories (for 0 - {fuzzy logic} (for n=100 and i=0, and 0<=t,i,f<=100); - {Boolean logic} (for n=100 and i=0, with t,f either 0 or 100); - {multi-valued logic} (for 0<=t,i,f<=100); - {paraconsistent logic} (for n>100 and i=0, with both t,f<100); - {dialetheism}, which says that some contradictions are true (for t=f=100 and i=0; some {paradoxes} can be denoted this way). Compared with all other logics, neutrosophic logic introduces a percentage of "indeterminacy" - due to unexpected parameters hidden in some propositions. It also allows each component t,i,f to "boil over" 100 or "freeze" under 0. For example, in some {tautologies} t>100, called "overtrue". {Home (http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/NeutLog.txt)}. ["Neutrosophy / Neutrosophic probability, set, and logic", F. Smarandache, American Research Press, 1998]. (1999-10-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
neutrosophic probability An extended form of probability based on {Neutrosophy}, in which a statement is held to be t true, i indeterminate, and f false, where t, i, f are real values from the ranges T, I, F, with no restriction on T, I, F or the sum n=t+i+f. {Home (http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/NeutProb.txt)}. ["Neutrosophy / Neutrosophic Probability, Set, and Logic", Florentin Smarandache, American Research Press, 1998]. (1999-10-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
neutrosophic set A generalisation of the {intuitionistic set}, classical set, {fuzzy set}, {paraconsistent set}, {dialetheist set}, {paradoxist set}, {tautological set} based on {Neutrosophy}. An element x(T, I, F) belongs to the set in the following way: it is t true in the set, i indeterminate in the set, and f false, where t, i, and f are real numbers taken from the sets T, I, and F with no restriction on T, I, F, nor on their sum n=t+i+f. The neutrosophic set generalises: - the {intuitionistic set}, which supports incomplete set theories (for 0 - the {fuzzy set} (for n=100 and i=0, and 0<=t,i,f<=100); - the classical set (for n=100 and i=0, with t,f either 0 or 100); - the {paraconsistent set} (for n>100 and i=0, with both t,f<100); - the {dialetheist set}, which says that the intersection of some disjoint sets is not empty (for t=f=100 and i=0; some paradoxist sets can be denoted this way). {Home (http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/NeutSet.txt)}. ["Neutrosophy / Neutrosophic Probability, Set, and Logic", Florentin Smarandache, American Research Press, 1998]. (1999-12-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
neutrosophic statistics Analysis of events described by {neutrosophic probability}. ["Neutrosophy / Neutrosophic Probability, Set, and Logic", Florentin Smarandache, American Research Press, 1998]. (1999-07-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Neutrosophy (From Latin "neuter" - neutral, Greek "sophia" - skill/wisdom) A branch of philosophy, introduced by Florentin Smarandache in 1980, which studies the origin, nature, and scope of neutralities, as well as their interactions with different ideational spectra. Neutrosophy considers a proposition, theory, event, concept, or entity, "A" in relation to its opposite, "Anti-A" and that which is not A, "Non-A", and that which is neither "A" nor "Anti-A", denoted by "Neut-A". Neutrosophy is the basis of {neutrosophic logic}, {neutrosophic probability}, {neutrosophic set}, and {neutrosophic statistics}. {Home (http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/NeutroSo.txt)}. ["Neutrosophy / Neutrosophic Probability, Set, and Logic", Florentin Smarandache, American Research Press, 1998]. (1999-07-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
notwork /not'werk/ A network, when it is acting {flaky} or is {down}. Compare {nyetwork}. Said at IBM to have originally referred to a particular period of flakiness on IBM's VNET corporate network ca. 1988; but there are independent reports of the term from elsewhere.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
nyetwork /nyet'werk/ (Russian "nyet" = no) A network, when it is acting {flaky} or is {down}. Compare {notwork}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-01)
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
nitrogen Symbol: N Atomic number: 7 Atomic weight: 14.0067 Colourless, gaseous element which belongs to group 15 of the periodic table. Constitutes ~78% of the atmosphere and is an essential part of the ecosystem. Nitrogen for industrial purposes is acquired by the fractional distillation of liquid air. Chemically inactive, reactive generally only at high temperatures or in electrical discharges. It was discovered in 1772 by D. Rutherford.