NS

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ns"

English

Proper noun

NS

1. Nova Scotia, a province of Canada
2. New Style (of dates; contrast OS)
3. Netscape (Internet browser)
4. Noble Sanctuary
5. (rail transport) Norfolk Southern (Railroad)
6. (rail transport) Initialism of Nederlandse Spoorwegen. (Dutch Railways)
7. (Malaysia) Initialism of Negeri Sembilan

Alternative forms

• N.S. (Nova Scotia, New Style)

Noun

NS

1. Initialism of nervous system.
2. Initialism of nuclear ship, a nuclear-powered ship.
3. Initialism of native speaker.
4. Initialism of neutron star.
5. (Ireland, usually as part of a name) Initialism of National School.
6. (informal) Initialism of NATO state.
7. Initialism of no show.
8. Initialism of namespace.
9. Initialism of Nintendo Switch.
10. (politics, Internet slang) Initialism of National Socialism

Adjective

NS

1. negative-strand
2. National Socialist

Derived terms

(negative-strand):

• NNS (nonsegmented negative-strand)
• NS RNA virus (negative-strand RNA virus)

Interjection

NS

1. (video games, first-person shooters) nice shot
2. no smoking
3. note script/scriptum

Anagrams

• S/N, SN, Sn, sn

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

NS

1. (rail transport) Initialism of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (“Dutch railway company”).

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German

Noun

NS

1. Abbreviation of Nervensystem (“nervous system (NS)”).
2. Abbreviation of Nachsatz., Abbreviation of Nachschrift.
3. Abbreviation of Nukleinsäure.
4. Abbreviation of Nebensatz. (contrast Hauptsatz, HS)
5. (mathematics) Abbreviation of Nullstelle.
6. Nationalsozialismus

Derived terms

1.

• ANS (autonomes Nervensystem)
• PNS (peripheres Nervensystem)
• VNS (vegetatives Nervensystem)
• ZNS (zentrales Nervensystem, Zentralnervensystem)

3.

• DNS (Desoxyribonukleinsäure)
• RNS (Ribonukleinsäure)

6.

• NS-Kult, NS-Verbot, NS-Zeit

Proper noun

NS

1. Abbreviation of Niederschlesien (“Lower Silesia”).
2. (now informal) Abbreviation of Niedersachsen (“Lower Saxony”). (compare the official abbreviation NI)
3. Neues Serbien, Nova Srbija – New Serbia, Nova Srbija (NS)