NS
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ns"
EnglishEdit
Proper nounEdit
NS
- Nova Scotia, a province of Canada
- New Style (of dates; contrast OS)
- Netscape (Internet browser)
- Noble Sanctuary
- (rail transport) Norfolk Southern (Railroad)
- (rail transport) Initialism of Nederlandse Spoorwegen. (Dutch Railways)
- (Malaysia) Initialism of Negeri Sembilan
- (Singapore) Initialism of national service
Alternative formsEdit
- N.S. (Nova Scotia, New Style)
NounEdit
NS
- Initialism of nervous system.
- Initialism of nuclear ship, a nuclear-powered ship.
- Initialism of native speaker.
- Initialism of neutron star.
- Initialism of neutral spirit (“alcohol”).
- (Ireland, usually as part of a name) Initialism of National School.
- (informal) Initialism of NATO state.
- Initialism of no show.
- Initialism of namespace.
- Initialism of Nintendo Switch.
- (politics, Internet slang) Initialism of National Socialism
AdjectiveEdit
NS
Derived termsEdit
(negative-strand):
InterjectionEdit
NS
- (video games, first-person shooters) nice shot
- no smoking
- note script/scriptum
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
audio (file)
Proper nounEdit
NS
- (rail transport) Initialism of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (“Dutch railway company”).
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
NS
- Abbreviation of Nationalsozialismus; Nazi
- Abbreviation of Nervensystem (“nervous system (NS)”).
- Abbreviation of Nachsatz.
- Abbreviation of Nachschrift.
- Abbreviation of Nukleinsäure.
- Abbreviation of Nebensatz. (contrast Hauptsatz, HS)
- (mathematics) Abbreviation of Nullstelle.
Derived termsEdit
1.
2.
- ANS (autonomes Nervensystem)
- PNS (peripheres Nervensystem)
- VNS (vegetatives Nervensystem)
- ZNS (zentrales Nervensystem, Zentralnervensystem)
3.
Proper nounEdit
NS
- Abbreviation of Niederschlesien (“Lower Silesia”).
- (now informal) Abbreviation of Niedersachsen (“Lower Saxony”). (compare the official abbreviation NI)
- Neues Serbien, Nova Srbija – New Serbia, Nova Srbija (NS)