Nu Definition

no͝o, nyo͝o
noun
The thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν)
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A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.

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abbreviation
Numbers.
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Nunavut.
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The ccTLD for Niue as assigned by the IANA.

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interjection
Used to express surprise, agreement, acquiescence, resignation, etc.
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Used to ask a question, with such meanings as “well?”, “so?”, or “so what?”
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adjective

(slang spelling) New.

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Origin of Nu

  • Greek nū of Phoenician origin nwn in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Yiddish נו.

    From Wiktionary

  • Corruption of new.

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Nu Sentence Examples

  • 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.

  • They retained the belief that the germs of all things slept for ages within the dark flood, personified as Min or NU.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Thus, in Sumerian we find such forms as numunnib-bi, " he speaks not to him," where the negative prefix nu and the verbal prefix mun are in harmony, but in dissimilation to the infix nib, " to him," and to the root bi, " speak," which are also in harmony.

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