nc
IPA: ŋk
Root Word: NC
noun
- (computing theory) Nick's Class, the complexity class of decision problems solvable in polylogarithmic time using a polynomial number of processors.
- (US, aviation) prefix code for NASA research cargo plane designations.
- Abbreviation of North Carolina, a state of the United States of America. [A state of the United States situated on the east coast of the North American mainland north of South Carolina and south of Virginia. Capital: Raleigh.]
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of nitrocellulose. [(organic chemistry) A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc.]
- (law) Initialism of nolo contendere, no contest, a plea in criminal cases. [(law) No contest. A plea by a defendant accused of a crime that, without admitting guilt, does not dispute the charge.]
- (linguistics) Initialism of noun class. [(linguistics) A grammatical category similar to gender in which nouns may be organised according to meaning, such as sex, animacy or shape. This is a prominent feature of some of the world's languages, notably the Bantu language family.]
- (audio) Initialism of noise control.
- (audio) Initialism of noise cancellation. [(sound, headphones) The active cancellation of outside noise by creation of an inverse waveform to null out noise soundwaves within the subject environment.]
adjective
- (electronics, of a relay) Initialism of normally closed.
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Examples of "nc" in Sentences
- Parsons and the invention of NC.
- According to the man page for nc,
- For the whole, for the state of NC.
- Thanks for helping with the NC map.
- And to do this it needs to adopt NC.
- The NCS is not a guild or labor union.
- NC participated in design and coordination.
- An NCS can be defined by the planners in the OLM.
- Not an assertion of notability for the NC chapter.
- Yes | No | Report from jim in nc wrote 6 weeks 4 days ago
- The precise present organization of the NCS is classified.
- Yes | No | Report from jim in nc wrote 43 weeks 5 days ago
- Yes | No | Report from jim in nc wrote 39 weeks 6 days ago
- February 27th, 2010 at 8: 59 pm psuedo in nc is responsible for the grandchildren remark.
- Yes | No | Report from ishawooa wrote 39 weeks 6 days ago jim in nc: Look in ANSWERS back a few pages for my post on the SEALs.
- December 15th, 2008 at 9: 56 pm pseudonymous in nc is mostly right in that VH1 Classic airs a block called “120 Minutes”, but it isn’t the original show; it’s just a block of music videos from artists who presumably would have been on that show.
- It runs at some god-awful hour, but you can DVR it easily. pseudonymous in nc is mostly right in that VH1 Classic airs a block called “120 Minutes”, but it isn’t the original show; it’s just a block of music videos from artists who presumably would have been on that show.
- It takes more serious minded thinkers on immigration matters the same amount of mental energy to break wind. pseudonymous in nc is a Brit, living I believe in Northern California, so it is not like he has any clue what it is like to live in the Midwest and be a grass roots Democratic party supporter/activist.