From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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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 nitrogen dioxide (NO2, also called nitric
dioxide or nitric peroxide).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Nitroso- \Ni*tro"so-\
(? or ?). (Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively)
designating the group or radical -NO, called the nitroso
group, or its compounds.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
No \No\, adv. [OE. no, na, AS. n[=a]; ne not + [=a] ever. AS. ne
is akin to OHG. ni, Goth. ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W. ni,
L. ne, Gr. nh (in comp.), Skr. na, and also to E. prefix un-.
[root] 193. See Aye, and cf. Nay, Not, Nice,
Nefarious.]
Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word
expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after
another negative, no is emphatic.
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We do no otherwise than we are willed. --Shak.
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I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no
I dare accept this your congratulation. --Coleridge.
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There is none righteous, no, not one. --Rom. iii.
10.
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No! Nay, Heaven forbid. --Coleridge.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
No \No\ (n[=o]), a. [OE. no, non, the same word as E. none; cf.
E. a, an. See None.]
Not any; not one; none; as, yes, we have no bananas; -- often
used as a quantifier.
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Let there be no strife . . . between me and thee.
--Gen. xiii.
8.
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That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream.
--Byron.
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Note: In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was
used. "No man." "Noon apothercary." --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
No \No\ (n[=o]), n.; pl. Noes (n[=o]z).
1. A refusal by use of the word no; a denial.
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2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to
call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
no \no.\ n.
Number; -- the number designating place in an ordered
sequence; as, no. 2. [abbrev.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
nay \nay\ (n[=a]), adv. [Icel. nei; akin to E. no. See No,
adv.]
1. No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request
made, now superseded by no. Opposed to aye or yea.
See also Yes.
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And eke when I say "ye," ne say not "nay."
--Chaucer.
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I tell you nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all
likewise perish. --Luke xiii.
3.
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And now do they thrust us out privily? nay, verily;
but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
--Acts xvi.
37.
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He that will not when he may,
When he would he shall have nay. --Old Prov.
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Note: Before the time of Henry VIII. nay was used to answer
simple questions, and no was used when the form of the
question involved a negative expression; nay was the
simple form, no the emphatic. --Skeat.
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2. Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to
mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or
more emphatic phrase.
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Note: Nay in this sense may be interchanged with yea. "Were
he my brother, nay, my kingdom's heir." --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
no
adv 1: referring to the degree to which a certain quality is
present; "he was no heavier than a child" [syn: no, {no
more}]
2: not in any degree or manner; not at all; "he is no better
today"
3: used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc or
especially to emphasize a negative statement; "no, you are
wrong"
adj 1: quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count
nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack
or zero quantity of; "we have no bananas"; "no eggs left
and no money to buy any"; "have you no decency?"; "did it
with no help"; "I'll get you there in no time" [ant:
{all(a)}, {some(a)}]
n 1: a negative; "his no was loud and clear" [ant: yes]
2: a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding
curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known [syn:
nobelium, No, atomic number 102]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:
no
<networking> The country code for Norway.
(1999-01-27)