N

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.

Usage

N serves as a alveolar nasal in virtually all languages that use the Latin alphabet. A common digraph with N is NG, which produces a velar nasal in a variety of languages, usually final in English. Aspirated forms NH and NGH are sometimes seen in other languages.

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, as the letter K is used for the king.
• In driving a motor vehicle, N designates the neutral gear of a transmission
• In electronics, N stands for a type of RF connector
• In financial securities, N is the stock symbol for Inco Limited
• In international licence plate codes, N stands for Norway
• In route numbering, N may be used as a prefix,
  • In the Republic of Ireland, standing for a national route.
  • In South Africa, standing for a national road.
• In mathematics, blackboard bold <math>\mathbb{N}<math> represents the natural numbers
• In the metric system,
  • N is the symbol for the newton, the SI derived unit for force (physics)
  • n, nano, is the SI prefix meaning 10^-9
• In physics, n is the symbol for a neutron
• As the first letter of a postal code,
  • In Canada, N stands for Western Ontario.
  • In the United Kingdom, N stands for North London.
• 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. N is also the name of a Macromedia Flash game.
• In Windows, Ctrl-N, and Mac OS, Command-N, creates a new document, a new window or a new folder.

See also

• Ñ