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NIT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("nit" is a kind of...):

egg (animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("nit" is a kind of...):

luminance unit (a measure of luminance)

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