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NIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nit" is a kind of...):
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("nit" is a kind of...):
luminance unit (a measure of luminance)
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