Meanings
nt1
- InternetalternativeAlternative form of n/t (“no text”).
- Internetabbreviationabbreviation of neurotypical
Hi Parkaboy. nt
2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 4
NT2
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of the Northern Territory: a territory of Australia.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of the Northwest Territories: a territory of Canada.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty (of the United Kingdom).
- abbreviationinitialismChristianityInitialism of New Testament.
- abbreviationellipsiscomputingEllipsis of Windows NT.
- abbreviationbusinessAbbreviation of Nortel.
- abbreviationAbbreviation of East Nusa Tenggara: a province of Indonesia.
plural NTs
- abbreviationinitialismentertainmentInitialism of neighbor tone.
- abbreviationinitialismchemistryInitialism of neurotensin.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of neurotypical.
This was brought home to me, an NT, when I asked an autistic E-mail correspondent, who is mordantly expressive on line, what it would be like to meet.
1997 June 30, Harvey Blume, “Autistics, freed from face-to-face encounters, are communicating in cyberspace.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN - abbreviationchemistryAbbreviation of nanotube.
- Irelandabbreviationdatedinitialismchiefly post-nominalInitialism of national-school teacher
The death has occurred of Mary Corr NT (née Sherry) Goatstown, Dublin[.] Former teacher at Holy Cross School, Dundrum.
2024 March 7, “Death notices: Mary Corr NT”, in RIP.ie1 more example
The departure of Mr Thomas Butler N. T. to take up an appointment as principal teacher in Cushinstown National School in succession to Mr M. Murphy N. T. who has retired on pension, has caused general regret in Tullicanna where he has been teaching for some years past.
1941 January 7, “Forth and Bargy notes”, in Wexford People
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan organization concerned to preserve historic monuments and buildings and places of historical interest or natural beauty; founded in 1895 and supported by endowment and private subscription
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