n

n

n¹ or N [en]

n.

pl. N's, n's

1. the fourteenth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek nu, a borrowing from the Phoenician

2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (n) of night

3. a type or impression for n or N

4. the fourteenth in a sequence or group

5. Printing an en (half an em)

6. an object shaped like N

adj.

1. of n or N

2. fourteenth in a sequence or group

3. shaped like N

n²

abbrev.

1. [L natus] born

2. Math. indefinite number

3. nail

4. name

5. nano-

6. national

7. nephew

8. net

9. neuter

10. Physics neutron

11. new

12. nominative

13. noon

14. north

15. northern

16. note

17. noun

18. number