the thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet (?, ?)
Origin of nu
Classical Greek ny from Sem, as in Classical Hebrew (language) n?n
interjection
- Nu is defined as a Yiddish expression of agreement, or is used to ask a simple question instead of using words such as "well" or "so."
An example of nu used as an interjection is when you say "Nu?" to ask why something that you have just been told is important.
- Nu is the thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.
An example of nu is the glyph (symbol) used in vega, the financial calculation to measure sensitivity of an asset to volatility.
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nu
- used to express surprise, agreement, acquiescence, resignation, etc.
- used to ask a question, with such meanings as “well?”, “so?”, or “so what?”
Origin of nu
Yiddish from Russian nu, well (interjection)Nu
Bible Numbers
NU
Nunavut
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abbreviation
Nunavut
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Noun
(uncountable)
- Name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Π(N) and ν (n).
- A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.
Origin
Name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Π(N) and ν (n).
Interjection
- (Jewish) An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.
Origin
From Yiddish × ×•.
Origin
Corruption of new.
Abbreviations
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Sentence Examples
- In 1639 Avranches was the focus of the peasant revolt against the salt-tax, known as the revolt of the Nu-pieds.
- In the Mandaean view the Old Testament saints are false prophets; such as Abraham, who arose six thousand years after NU (Noah) during the reign of the sun, Misha (Moses), in whose time the true religion was professed by the Egyptians, and Shlimun (Solomon) bar Davith, the lord of the demons.
- In the 17th century it was the centre of the revolt of the Nu-pieds, caused by the imposition of the salt-tax (gabelle).
- They read in every case nu 1 0nn, "the boundary of Gezer," with the name Alkios in Greek, probably that of the governor under whom the inscriptions were cut.
- Among later periodicals we may mention Skandia (1833-1837); Literaturbladet (1838-1840); Stallningar och Forhallanden (1838) of Crusenstolpe, a monthly review of Scandinavian history; Tidskrift for Litteratur (1850); Norsk Tidsskrift (1852), weekly, Forr och Nu; and the Revue suedoise (1858) of Kramer, written in French.
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