n Syllabification: (n)Translate n | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of n abbreviation name. [in combination] (in units of measurement) nano- (109):the plates were coated with 500 ng of protein in sodium carbonate buffer born. [from Latin nātus] nephew. net. Grammar neuter. new. nominative. noon. (n-) [in combination] Chemistry normal (denoting straight-chain hydrocarbons):n-hexane north or northern. note (used in a book’s index to refer to a footnote):450n Finance note. Grammar noun. number. symbol an unspecified or variable number:at the limit where n equals infinitySee also nth.n in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of n in the British & World English dictionary