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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Letters & punctuation, Maths
N1, n /en/ (plural N’s, n’s) noun [countable, uncountable]  1. SLAthe 14th letter of the English alphabet 英语字母表的第十四个字母2 MATHSused in mathematics to represent a number whose value is not known 〔数学中的〕不定数符号 The value of n is less than 10. n的值小于10
Examples from the Corpus
NHe had beard of the Fong-Chen mix-up the day after the embassy party from N.The cause of the following outburst is the receipt of notice of dues from the N.Walk around the outside of the N transept of the church whose fine tympanum relief is now in St George's Gallery.At the w end on the N wall is a balcony with a grille which led into the palace next door.This displacement allows a strong interaction with the N terminus of the repressor B helix.The N tower was completed in 1466 but rebuilt after a fire in 1835; the s tower is of 1511.Thus, 141 is expressed uniquely as where 41y belongs to Y and l41N belongs to N.
N2  the written abbreviation of north or northern / north northern 的书面缩写 ,北;北方();朝北()
Related topics: Grammar
n. (also n British English)SLGthe written abbreviation of noun / noun 的书面缩写 ,名词
'n' /n, ən/ written informal  SLAa short form of ‘and’ / ‘and’ 的缩略式 rock ‘n’ roll 摇滚乐 fish ‘n’ chips 炸鱼薯条
N1 nounN2n.'n'Chinese
the Corpus alphabet the of 14th letter English


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N1 , n /en/ (plural N’s, n’s) noun [uncountable and countable]
1. the 14th letter of the English alphabet
2. used in mathematics to represent a number whose value is not known:
    The value of n is less than 10.

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N2
the written abbreviation of north or northern


n
n. (also n British English)
the written abbreviation of noun


NBrE /en/ 🔊NAmE /en/ 🔊 noun (also n) (
plural
Ns
, N's, n's BrE /enz/ 🔊 NAmE /enz/ 🔊
)
[countable, uncountable] the 14th letter of the English alphabet 英语字母表的第 14 个字母'Night' begins with (an) N/'N'.night 一词以字母 n 开头。 [uncountable] (mathematics 数学) used to represent a number whose value is not mentioned (表示不定数)The equation is impossible for any value of n greater than 2. 这个等式对于任何大于 2 的数值都不成立。🔊🔊   see also nth
NBrE /en/ 🔊NAmE /en/ 🔊 abbreviation (NAmE also No.) north; northern 北方(的);北部(的)N Ireland北爱尔兰 newton 牛(顿)(力的单位)
NBrE /en/ 🔊NAmE /en/ 🔊 symbolthe symbol for the chemical element nitrogen (化学元素)氮