From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishNN1, n /en/ (plural N’s, n’s) noun [countable, uncountable] 1 SLAthe 14th letter of the English alphabet2 MATHSused in mathematics to represent a number whose value is not known The value of n is less than 10.
Examples from the Corpus
N• He had beard of the Fong-Chen mix-up the day after the embassy party from N.• The cause of the following outburst is the receipt of notice of dues from the N.• Walk around the outside of the N transept of the church whose fine tympanum relief is now in St George's Gallery.• At the w end on the N wall is a balcony with a grille which led into the palace next door.• This displacement allows a strong interaction with the N terminus of the repressor B helix.• The N tower was completed in 1466 but rebuilt after a fire in 1835; the s tower is of 1511.• Thus, 141 is expressed uniquely as where 41y belongs to Y and l41N belongs to N.NN2 the written abbreviation of north or northernn.n. (also n British English)SLGthe written abbreviation of noun'n''n' /n, ən/ written informal SLAa short form of ‘and’ rock ‘n’ roll fish ‘n’ chips 