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N newton; nitrogen; normal (2a).
N /N / normal (2a); number; Avogadro's number.
n nano-; refractive index; neutron.
n /n / haploid chromosome number; refractive index; sample size (statistics).
N 1
The symbol for the element nitrogen.

N 2
abbr.
newton

n
abbr.
refractive index

N,
1 symbol for the element nitrogen.
2 abbreviation for normal.
3 abbreviation for node in the TNM system for staging malignant neoplastic disease. See cancer staging.
4 symbol for magnetic flux.

N/1,
symbol for normal solution.

n, 2n, 3n, 4n,
symbols for the haploid, diploid, triploid, and tetraploid number of chromosomes in a cell, organism, strain, or individual.

N/m2,
abbreviation for newton per square meter.

N 
newton; nitrogen; normal (solution), used with a number designating the strength of the solution relative to the normal, e.g., N/2 or 0.5 N for half-normal.

N 
n 
N (n),
n in statistics, the number of cases or observations.

N
1. symbol, newton.
2. chemical symbol, nitrogen.
3. symbol, normal (solution); the expressions 2N (double normal), 0.5N (half-normal), 0.1N (tenth-normal), etc., denote the strength of a solution in comparison with the normal.

n
1. symbol, refractive index.
2. symbol, nano-.
3. statistically speaking, the number of individuals or values in a sample.

N
Shorthand for 1. Amino 2. Asparagine 3. Neisseria 4. Nerve 5. Neuraminidase 6. Neutron number 7. Nifedipine 8. Nocardia 9. Nitrogen 10. Normal solution–equivalents/L 11. Nuclear 12. Nucleoside 13. Nucleus 14. Number  15. Nystatin 16. Population size 17. Radiance

n
Shorthand for: 1. Haploid number–genetics. 2. nano- SI– abbreviation for 10–9 3. Neutron. 4. Refractive index


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