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nil | anil |

As an initialism nil

is (nanotechnology) (nanoimprint lithography).

As a noun anil is

indigo (colour).

nil

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Nothing; zero.
  • * 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.19:
  • As to Aristotle's influence on him, we are left free to conjecture whatever seems to us most plausible. For my part, I should suppose it nil .

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • No, not any.
  • * 1982 , Gavin Lyall, Conduct of Major Maxim , Hodder & Stoughton Ltd:
  • But after two or three hours and nil results, you have to accept that the trail is cold and you can't justify that level of manpower.

    See also

    * null * nil desperandum

    anil

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
  • (organic chemistry) Any imine in which the N-radical is a phenyl (or substituted phenyl) group.
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