ns

English Online Dictionary. What means ns‎? What does ns mean?

Translingual

Symbol

ns

1. (metrology) Symbol for nanosecond, an SI unit of time equal to 10⁻⁹ seconds.

English

Noun

ns

1. plural of n

Usage notes

• Opinions vary regarding the use of apostrophes when forming the plurals of letters of the alphabet. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that "after letters an apostrophe is obligatory." The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, lowercase letters ... form the plural with an apostrophe and an s". The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.

Anagrams

• S/N, SN, Sn, sn

Egyptian

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *lis- (“tongue”). Cognate with Proto-Semitic *lišān- and Proto-Berber *iləs.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: nes

Noun

 m

1. tongue

Inflection

Alternative forms

Descendants

• Demotic: ⁠⁠ (ls)
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲗⲉⲥ (les)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲗⲁⲥ (las)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲗⲉⲥ (les)
  • Old Coptic: ⲗⲁⲥ (las)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲗⲁⲥ (las)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 36, 260.

Lingala

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ⁿs/

Letter

ns (upper case Ns)

1. A letter of the Lingala alphabet, written in the Latin script.