English Words: N
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A chemical with formal name 1-[4-(3-hydroxyphenyl)piperidin-4-yl]propan-1-one, formed from ketobemidone by removing a methyl group from the nitrogen atom.
A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE065225).
An isomer of leucine, not found in natural proteins, used in experimental studies of protein structure and function.
For a given Galois field 𝔽_(qᵐ) and a suitable element β, a basis that has the form {β, β^q, β^(q2), ... , β^(qm-1)}.
Any of a family of continuous probability distributions such that the probability density function is the Gaussian function
A random variable whose probability distribution is a normal distribution.
A subgroup H of a group G that is invariant under conjugation; that is, for all elements h of H and for all elements g in G, the element ghg⁻¹ is in H.
The standard period of play, contrasted with any additional periods such as injury time, extra time or penalty shootout.
One who believes something to be the normal state of things, not requiring remediation.
Any process that makes something more normal or regular, which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of abnormality.
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The English alphabetical index for the letter N contains 24,391 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 488 pages, and you are currently viewing page 433. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
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