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nox

noun
/ɛn əʊ ˈɛks/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts Proto-Italic *nokts Latin noxlbor. English nox Learned borrowing from Latin nox, from Proto-Italic *nokts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

  1. borrowed from nox — “night; darkness”

Definitions

  1. The period of darkness in each twenty-four hours

    The period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; a night.

  2. millilux (unit of illuminance)

  3. Alternative form of NOx (nitrogen oxides)

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Abbreviation of nitrous oxide (“N₂O”).

      • Near-synonym: nos

    2. The Roman goddess of night.

    3. Any of the various nitrogen oxides produced during combustion.

      • "The NOx and particulate reductions provide clean air in the cities and communities we serve. [...]"

    4. Alternative form of nox (“nitrous oxide”).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nox. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA