n Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
    atomic number 7; nitrogen.
  2. noun the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
    northward; due north; north.
  3. noun a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes
    newton.
  4. noun (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter
    normality.
  5. noun the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet

WordNet

N
Definitions
  1. the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 243-246. The letter N came into English through the Latin and Greek from the Phoenician, which probably derived it from the Egyptian as the ultimate origin. It is etymologically most closely related to M. See M.
N noun
Definitions
  1. (Print.) A measure of space equal to half an M (or em); an en.

Webster 1913