nit

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɪt/

Noun

nit (plural nits)

1. The egg of a louse.
2. A young louse.
3. (UK, Ireland, slang) A head louse regardless of its age.
4. (UK, slang) A fool, a nitwit.
5. A nitpicker.
6. A minor shortcoming.

Synonyms

• dickies (Geordie)

Translations

• French: lente
• German: Nisse
• Italian: lendine
• Portuguese: lêndea
• Russian: гни́да
• Spanish: liendre

Translations

• Russian: деби́л

Verb

nit (nits, present participle nitting; past and past participle nitted)

1. (MLE) To have the modus vivendi of a drug addict, to live the life of a nitty.

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Noun

nit (plural nits)

1. A candela per square meter.

   This brightness of this LCD screen is between 900 and 1000 nits.

Noun

nit (plural nits)

1. Synonym of nat#English|nat (logarithmic unit of information)

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