NIT (redirected from kept nit)

NIT

abbr.

1. National Intelligence Test

2. National Invitational Tournament

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nit ¹  (nt)

n.

The egg or young of a parasitic insect, such as a louse.

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[Middle English, from Old English hnitu.]

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nitty adj.

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nit ²  (nt)

n.

A unit of illuminative brightness equal to one candle per square meter, measured perpendicular to the rays of the source.

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[From Latin nitor, brightness, from nitre, to shine.]

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nit ¹

Noun

the egg or larva of a louse [Old English hnitu]

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nit ²

Noun

Informal short for nitwit

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nit - a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source luminance unit - a measure of luminance
	2.	nit - egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing 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

Translations

nit [nɪt] n [of louse] → liendre f;

(col) (= idiot); imbécil m/f

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nit [nɪt] n (in hair) → lente f;

(inf) (= idiot); imbécile m/f, crétin(e)

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nit [nɪt] n → Nisse f;

(inf) (= idiot); Dummkopf m

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nit [nɪt] n [of louse] → lendine m;

(col) (= idiot); cretino/a, scemo/a

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nit

n nit [nit]

the egg of a louse or other small insect (eg found in a person's hair). neet صُؤابَ: بَيْضَة القَمِل гнида hnida luseæg die Nisse κόνιδα liendre ting تخم حشره کوچک täin muna lente בֵּיצֵי כִינִים छोटे कीड़ों का अंडा, जू का अंडा gnjida sörke telur kutu nit lendine, uovo di pidocchio しらみの卵 서캐, 유충 glinda gnīda telur kutu neet luseegg gnida lêndea lindină гнида hnida gnida gnjida gnet ไข่เหา sirke, yavşak (虱等的)幼蟲,卵 гнида ليکھ، جوں کا انڈہ trứng chấy, rận (虱等的)幼虫,卵