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nil | nim |

As an initialism nil

is (nanotechnology) (nanoimprint lithography).

As a verb nim is

or nim can be .

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

    nim

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To take (in all senses); to seize.
  • * 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
  • dorr?&
  • 773;, d?r? adj. & n. toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.
  • (obsolete) To take one's way; to go.
  • (archaic, slang, transitive) To filch, steal.
  • * 1663 ,
  • They'll question Mars, and, by his look, \ Detect who 'twas that nimm'd a cloak;
  • To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.
  • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia nim)
  • A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.
  • Derived terms

    * nimber