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n | north |

As a letter n

is the letter n with a tilde.

As a proper noun north is

(us) the union during the american civil war.

n

Translingual

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Letter

  • The fourteenth letter of the .
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    • Synonyms

    *

    Related terms

    * (eng) * (nu) * (en)

    See also

    (Latn-script) * Preceded by apostrophe: 'n * Hiragana]]: [[? * (no) {{Letter , page=N , NATO=November , Morse=–· , Character=N , Braille=? }} Image:Latin N.png, Capital and lowercase versions of N , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter N.png, Uppercase and lowercase N in Fraktur

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    *

    Symbol

    (head)
  • alveolar nasal.
  • Sample size.
  • neutron
  • An arbitrary natural number.

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    north

    English

    (wikipedia north)

    Noun

    (-)
  • One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map.
    • Minnesota is in the north of the USA.
  • The up or positive direction.
    • Stock prices are heading north .
  • Above or higher
    • The price you're offering had better be north of the highest price this company has ever traded for.'' - Tom Aldredge in the movie ''
  • (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).

    • Derived terms

    * grid north * magnetic north * north by east * north by west * northbound * northeast * northerly * northern * northerner * northing * north-northeast * north-northwest * north of the border * northward * northwardly * northwards * northwest * true north

    Related terms

    * Norse

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    Coordinate terms

    * (compass point) (l), (l), (l)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
    • He lived in north Germany .
    She entered through the north gate.
  • Toward the north; northward.
  • * 1987 , Ana María Brull Vázquez, Rosa E. Casas, Cuba , page 23:
    • The most dangerous ones are those that develop during October and November and that follow a north path affecting the western part of the island.
  • (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
    • The north wind was cold.
  • Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
    • north highway 1
  • * 2001 , Joseph R Miller, Pipe Tobacco and Wool :
    • Traffic was doing the speed limit on North I-45 one minute and had come to a stand-still the next.
  • (colloquial) More or greater than.
    • The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000.

    Synonyms

    * (of the north) (l)

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Toward the north; northward.
    • Switzerland is north of Italy.
    We headed north .

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To turn or move toward the north.
  • * 1769 , Henry Wilson, William Hume, Surveying improved (page 239)
    • When at B you had northed 3.71

    Anagrams

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