Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Initialism of normally closed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Qualifier: relays; and valves; relays; and valves
Topics: business, construction, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, manufacturing, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, plumbing
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: NO
name
Initialism of North Carolina: a state of the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Synonyms: US-NC
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Abbreviation of nitrocellulose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Initialism of nolo contendere, no contest, a plea in criminal cases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Initialism of Nick's Class, the complexity class of decision problems solvable in polylogarithmic time using a polynomial number of processors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Initialism of noun class.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
NASA research cargo plane designations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Qualifier: prefix code
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Initialism of noise control.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: audio, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Initialism of noise cancellation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: audio, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Initialism of noncommercial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: copyright, intellectual-property, law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Initialism of numerical control.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Synonyms: CNC, w:computer numerical control[Appendix:Glossary
Antonyms: none provided
phrase
Initialism of no change.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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phrase
Initialism of no charge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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phrase
Initialism of no connection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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phrase
Initialism of not classified.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: American state
History
No etymology was provided for this word.
