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N

N

211 1.0
The fourteenth letter of the English alphabet
  • noun
  • /ɛn/
translation icon : ene
  • The second letter is either N or S intuitive or sensing.

That is a billion with a capital N at the end.

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Examples

  • Children learn to recognize the letter N in school as part of their alphabet lessons.

  • We got an "E" and a "N" here.

    Alex Cross (2012)

  • So N is the same N as here, which will be thirteen.

  • L, M, N, O... P.

    Dicks: The Musical (2023)

  • The letter N is often used as a variable in mathematical equations.

  • In the alphabet, N comes after the letter M and before the letter O.

Synonyms

n
vsN
61 7.0

The letter that comes after M in the English alphabet

is the uppercase form written as a capital letter

Compounds

the n-word
  • Slur
1 9.9

A word people use instead of a very offensive slur for Black people

n-type semiconductor
  • Specialized
7.6

A semiconductor that conducts electricity mainly with extra electrons from added atoms

p-n junction
  • Specialized
5.3

A boundary between two semiconductor parts that lets electric current flow one way

p-n-p transistor
  • Specialized
7.5

A small electronic part with three layers that controls and increases electric current

Surface Forms

N singular
Ns plural

Etymology

N as the name of the letter comes from an old Semitic word for 'fish'. That word became Greek nu and Latin en, and then our N, which stands for the 'n' sound.