N
N is the fourteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet.
Semitic Nûn was probably the picture of a snake; the sound value of the letter was /n/ - as in Greek, Etruscan, Latin and all modern languages. Greek name: Nυ, Ny.
November represents the letter N in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
Meanings for N
- In biochemistry, N is the symbol for asparagine
- In calendars, N is often an abbreviation for the month November
- In chemistry, N is the symbol for nitrogen
- In computer science and set theory, n is frequently used as a generic counting number
- in chess, N is a notation symbol for the knight piece
- In financial securities, N is the stock symbol for Inco Limited
- In international licence plate codes, N stands for Norway
- In mathematics, blackboard bold <math>\mathbb{N}<math> represents the natural numbers
- In the Metric system,
- In physics, n is the symbol for a neutron
- In radio communication, N is one of the ITU prefixes allocated to the United States. Callsigns beginning with N are generally used by U.S. Navy radio stations, as well as civilian aircraft.
- In statistics, n is the size of a sample.
- In video games, N is the abbreviation for Nintendo
See also: Ñ
Two-letter combinations starting with N:
