ni

Everyday

1. NI is short for Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom. tree →
2. (UK) NI is short for National Insurance, money taken from wages to pay for state pensions and benefits. tree →
3. (science) Ni is the chemical symbol for the metal nickel. tree →
4. In the old film «Monty Python and the Holy Grail», the Knights Who Say «Ni!» shout it as a silly word. tree →

In the lessons

In geography: NI on maps and in addresses. In money (UK): an NI number on a payslip. In chemistry: the symbol Ni in the periodic table. As a lowercase fragment it may also appear from Spanish «ni» (nor) or Ni in names.

Examples

• Belfast is the capital of NI. tree →
• Every worker in the UK has an NI number. tree →
• Ni is the symbol for nickel. tree →
• The postcode area BT is in NI. tree →
• Coins can contain Ni (nickel). tree →
• NI contributions help pay for state pensions. tree →

Note

Not an ordinary English word; always check the context. Abbreviations are usually in capitals (NI); chemical symbols have a capital first letter and small second letter (Ni).

In Jewish tradition

In geography: NI on maps and in addresses. In money (UK): an NI number on a payslip. In chemistry: the symbol Ni in the periodic table. As a lowercase fragment it may also appear from Spanish «ni» (nor) or Ni in names.

Examples

• Klyce (f/ni- verse 1921 para. 43 f) advances the view that zero and infinity are logically identical. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• nB3 mynp nna ni2isn hpa graved by the voice, hewn out :mDipD nti-ens in the air, and fixed in the moutli in five places. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Not an ordinary English word; always check the context. Abbreviations are usually in capitals (NI); chemical symbols have a capital first letter and small second letter (Ni).