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Definitions: Np |
NpNoun1. A radioactive transuranic metallic element; found in trace amounts in uranium ores; a by-product of the production of plutonium. 2. A registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Computing | NP- /N-P/ pref. Extremely. Used to modify adjectives describing a level or quality of difficulty; the connotation is often `more so than it should be'. This is generalized from the computer-science terms `NP-hard' and `NP-complete'; NP-complete problems all seem to be very hard, but so far no one has found a proof that they are. NP is the set of Nondeterministic-Polynomial algorithms, those that can be completed by a nondeterministic Turing machine in an amount of time that is a polynomial function of the size of the input; a solution for one NP-complete problem would solve all the others. "Coding a BitBlt implementation to perform correctly in every case is NP-annoying." Note, however, that strictly speaking this usage is misleading; there are plenty of easy problems in class NP. NP-complete problems are hard not because they are in class NP, but because they are the hardest problems in class NP. Source: Jargon File. |
Math | The complexity class of decision problems for which answers can be checked by an algorithm whose run time is polynomial in the size of the input. Note that this doesn't require or imply that an answer can be found quickly, only that any claimed solution can be verified quickly. "NP" is the class that a Nondeterministic Turing machine accepts in Polynomial time. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
NP | Danish | Kongeriget Nepal | Geography |
NP | Dutch | Koninkrijk Nepal | Geography |
np | English | New paragraph | N/A |
NP | Finnish | Nepalin kuningaskunta | Geography |
NP | French | Nucléoprotéine | N/A |
Np | German | Pentatetraerythronitrit | Chemistry |
NP | Greek | Νεπάλ | Geography |
NP | Italian | Regno del Nepal | Geography |
NP | Portuguese | Reino do Nepal | Geography |
NP | Spanish | Reino de Nepal | Geography |
NP | Swedish | Konungariket Nepal | Geography |
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Synonyms: NpSynonyms: atomic number 93 (n), neptunium (n), nurse clinician (n), nurse practitioner (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Np |
| Specialty definitions using "Np": complementary nondeterministic polynomial ♦ NP-, NP time, NP-complete, NP-complete language, NP-hard ♦ polynomial hierarchy, polynomial-time algorithm. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | U.S. Air Force. Hospital, Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, La. : Interior view- NP Ward.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The clinical designations applied to NP are somewhat erratic. (references) | |
The term NP also includes 2 other variant forms called types C and D. Patients with these types have only moderate enlargement of their spleens and livers. (references) | ||
Economic History | South Africa | On June 30, 1996, the NP withdrew from the GNU to become part of the opposition. (references) |
South Africa | The parties originally comprising the GNU--the ANC, the NP, and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)--shared executive power. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Np" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 84.30% of the time. "Np" is used about 121 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 84.3% | 102 | 32,309 |
| Noun (common) | 13.22% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.48% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 121 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "Np": NP time. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Np": np-complete, NP-hard. | |
Ending with "Np": Co-NP. | |
Containing "Np": have-np-v-en. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
dodge np | 104 | yosemite np | 21 |
203 linkage np shift | 90 | np fc10 | 20 |
np fm50 | 89 | glacier np | 20 |
np | 87 | np f960 | 20 |
np fs11 | 71 | np qm71 | 19 |
np fc11 | 64 | np fm91 | 18 |
np f330 | 46 | sony np f330 battery | 16 |
np f550 | 45 | np qm91 | 16 |
yellowstone np | 40 | np f750 | 15 |
np workforstudents.com | 39 | rocky mountain np | 14 |
np fm70 | 38 | zion np | 13 |
sony np fm50 | 34 | np f | 13 |
np qm91d | 31 | np dodge omaha | 13 |
sony np f330 | 27 | np 20 | 13 |
dodge estate np real | 26 | 205 np | 13 |
sony np fs11 | 24 | minolta np 200 | 13 |
fm30 np | 24 | sony np f550 | 12 |
cheat neopets np | 24 | np 200 | 12 |
np qm71d | 23 | np 80 | 12 |
central np | 22 | 000 000 2 500 in np secs | 12 |
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| Language | Translations for "Np"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Spanish | notario público (notary public). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words containing "Np": affenpinscher, affenpinschers, beanpole, beanpoles, brainpan, brainpans, brainpower, brainpowers, chickenpox, chickenpoxes, commonplace, commonplaceness, commonplacenesses, commonplaces, cornpone, cornpones, davenport, davenports, downpipe, downpipes, downplay, downplayed, downplaying, downplays, downpour, downpours, drainpipe, drainpipes, embonpoint, embonpoints, enplane, enplaned, enplanes, enplaning, gunpaper, gunpapers, gunplay, gunplays, gunpoint, gunpoints, gunpowder, gunpowders, hasenpfeffer, hasenpfeffers, henpeck, henpecked, henpecking, henpecks, hornpipe, hornpipes, hornpout. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "n-p" | |
+1 letter: nap, nip, pan, pen, pin, pun. | |
+2 letters: knap, knop, nape, naps, neap, neep, nipa, nips, nope, open, pain, pane, pang, pans, pant, pawn, pean, peen, pein, pend, pens, pent, peon, phon, pian, pina, pine, ping, pink, pins, pint, piny, pion, pirn, plan, pond, pone, pong, pons, pony, poon, porn, puna, pung, punk, puns, punt, puny, pyin, snap, snip, span, spin, spun, upon. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 70 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. .--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0070 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4882 |
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