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nor
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Meanings
conjunction
  • used before the second or further of two or more alternatives (the first being introduced by a negative such as ‘neither’ or ‘not’) to indicate that they are each untrue or each do not happen.
    E.g. they were neither cheap nor convenient
  • used to introduce a further negative statement.
    E.g. ‘I don't see how.’ ‘Nor do I.’
  • than.
    E.g. she thinks she knows better nor me
adverb
  • literary term for neither.
    E.g. nor God nor demon can undo the done
noun
  • a Boolean operator which gives the value one if and only if all operands have a value of zero and otherwise has a value of zero.
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abbreviation
  • (especially in compounds) north.
    E.g. seek shelter from a raging nor'easter
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prefix
  • denoting an organic compound derived from another, in particular by the shortening of a chain or ring by the removal of one methylene group or by the replacement of one or more methyl side chains by hydrogen atoms.
    E.g. noradrenaline

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