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  • multivariate — (of a combined distribution) having more than one variate or variable.
  • multivarious — Many and various.
  • multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
  • munro-bagger — a person who climbs as many Munros as possible
  • muralitharan — Muttiah (məˈtaɪə). born 1972, Sri Lankan cricketer: a spin bowler, he played in 133 test matches and took a world-record 800 wickets
  • murder squad — the section of a police force that is responsible for dealing with murders
  • murder trial — the trial of a person who is accused of murder
  • murderabilia — objects that are regarded as valuable because of their connection with murders or other notorious crimes
  • murman coast — an Arctic coastal region in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Kola Peninsula.
  • murmurations — Plural form of murmuration.
  • murphy's law — the facetious proposition that if something can go wrong, it will.
  • musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
  • musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
  • musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
  • mutarotation — a gradual change in the optical rotation of freshly prepared solutions of reducing sugars.
  • mutessarifat — a province governed by a mutessarif
  • muzzleloader — a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle.
  • myoneuralgia — myalgia.
  • name capture — (reduction)   In beta reduction, when a term containing a free occurrence of a variable v is substituted into another term where v is bound the free v becomes spuriously bound or "captured". E.g. (\ x . \ y . x y) y --> \ y . y y (WRONG) This problem arises because two distinct variables have the same name. The most common solution is to rename the bound variable using alpha conversion: (\ x . \ y' . x y') y --> \ y' . y y' Another solution is to use de Bruijn notation. Note that the argument expression, y, contained a free variable. The whole expression above must therefore be notionally contained within the body of some lambda abstraction which binds y. If we never reduce inside the body of a lambda abstraction (as in reduction to weak head normal form) then name capture cannot occur.
  • nanocomputer — (architecture)   /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ A computer with molecular-sized switching elements. Designs for mechanical nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their logic have been proposed. The controller for a nanobot would be a nanocomputer. Some nanocomputers can also be called quantum computers because quantum physics plays a major role in calculations. Richard P. Feynman is still cited today for his work in this area.
  • neurilemmoma — A schwannoma.
  • neuroanatomy — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
  • neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
  • neurohumoral — of or pertaining to a neurohumour
  • neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
  • neurosarcoma — A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, a form of cancer of the connective tissue surrounding nerves.
  • new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
  • nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
  • nomenclature — a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
  • nomenklatura — a select list or class of people from which appointees for top-level government positions are drawn, especially from a Communist Party.
  • non-ruminant — any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
  • nonclemature — Misspelling of nomenclature.
  • nonformulary — Not formulary.
  • nonglamorous — not glamorous
  • nonmercurial — not composed of, resembling, or containing mercury
  • nonmolecular — not molecular, not made up of or relating to molecules
  • nonnumerical — not containing or involving numbers
  • normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
  • normal fault — gravity fault.
  • northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
  • not-a-number — (mathematics)   (NaN) An IEEE floating point representation for the result of a numerical operation which cannot return a valid number value. A NaN can result from multiplying an infinity by a zero, or from subtracting one infinity from another [what else?]. NaN is encoded as a special bit pattern [what pattern?] which would otherwise represent a floating-point number. It is used to signal error returns where other mechanisms are not convenient, e.g. a hardware floating-point unit and to allow errors to propagate through a calculation. Similar bit patterns represent positive and negative overflow and underflow and the positive and negative infinities resulting from division by zero.
  • nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
  • number opera — an opera in which the arias, ensembles, recitatives, and other sections are clearly separated from one another.
  • number plate — vehicle's registration panel
  • numbers game — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
  • numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
  • nurserymaids — Plural form of nurserymaid.
  • nurserywoman — a woman who owns or operates a plant nursery.
  • oamaru stone — a kind of limestone, of building quality, found at Oamaru on South Island, New Zealand
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