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nor /nɔː / /nə /conjunction & adverb1Used before the second or further of two or more alternatives (the first being introduced by a negative such as ‘neither’ or ‘not’) to indicate that they are each untrue or each do not happen: they were neither cheap nor convenient the sheets were never washed, nor the towels, nor his shirts...- The third condition is used in such a way that it entails neither the second condition nor the first.
- Looking at the market's current valuation, it appears neither too expensive nor too cheap.
- He explains that it's neither easy nor cheap to cast talented actors for just a small number of scenes.
1.1 [as adverb] literary term for neither. nor God nor demon can undo the done 2Used to introduce a further negative statement: ‘I don’t see how.’ ‘Nor do I.’...- She did not return to her GP for a second visit, nor was she taken into hospital on October 26.
- Just checked, and it doesn't do alternative languages, nor does it even run to subtitles.
- I did not threaten him or the Second Defendant nor did I become verbally abusive towards them at any time.
3 [conjunction or preposition] archaic or dialect Than: she thinks she knows better nor me noun (usually NOR) Electronics1A Boolean operator which gives the value one if and only if all operands have a value of zero and otherwise has a value of zero. 1.1 (also NOR gate) A circuit which produces an output signal only when there are no signals on any of the input connections.It is quite common to recognize two others as well: the NAND and the NOR gate....- He and his colleagues have already created the biological equivalent of many logical components common in the digital world, such as AND, NAND, and NOR gates.
- In the report published in Science last November, Lieber's group demonstrate that their stacked nanowires can combine to a variety of logic elements, including OR, AND, and NOR gates.
OriginMiddle English: contraction of Old English nother 'neither'. Rhymesabhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your |