-ni

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bambino \Bam*bi"no\ (b[aum]m*b[=e]"n[-o]), n.; It. pl. {-ni}.
     [It., a little boy, fr. bambo silly; cf. Gr. bambali`zein,
     bambai`nein, to chatter.]
     1. A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the
        infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


  
     2. (Sports) George Herman Ruth ("Babe" Ruth), the baseball
        player; -- usu. in the form "the bambino".
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cincinnus \Cin*cin"nus\, n.; pl. {-ni}. [Also {cicinus},
     {cicinnus}.] [L., a curl of hair.] (Bot.)
     A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise
     alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called
     also {scorpioid cyme}. -- {Cin*cin"nal}, a.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Ni
       n : a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is
           resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in
           pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
           [syn: {nickel}, {atomic number 28}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  NI
       Network Interconnect / Interface
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  NI
       Normenausschuss Informationsverarbeitungssysteme (org., DIN)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  ni
       
           The {country code} for Nicaragua.
       
          (1999-01-27)