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Nokian Capacitors Company Nokian Capacitors Ltd., which is established in 1957, is a company that designs and manufactures equipment and systems for reactive power compensation and harmonic filtering such as low- and high-voltage power capacitors and air-reactors.
Nokie Edwards Nokie Edwards (born Nole Edwards 9 May, 1935, in Lahoma, Oklahoma), became a guitarist at a very early age. By his teens, he was playing in Country-Western bands, including the Buck Owens band, and relocated to the Pacific Northwest, where he met Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, founders of The Ventures.
Nokomis Nokomis was the name of Hiawatha's grandmother, both fictional characters of Ojibway mythology in Longfellow's poem, The Song of Hiawatha. Nokomis is an important character in the poem, mentioned in the familiar lines
Nokota horse The Nokota horse is a distinct type of horse that once ran wild in the Little Missouri Badlands, located in Southwestern North Dakota. Non-Indian people first encountered wild horses in the area during the late nineteenth century, when the range cattle industry expanded northward.
NoKTuRNL NoKTuRNL are a four piece band formed in 1996 in Alice Springs, Northern Territory Australia. Sometimes called rap metal their music is hard to categorise, but their lyrics are influenced by their experience as Indigenous Australians.
Nolan Catholic High School Nolan Catholic High School is the Catholic college preparatory school in the Diocese of Fort Worth administered in the Marianist Tradition. It serves the mission of the Church by educating and forming youth in the Roman Catholic Faith.
Nolan Chart The Nolan Chart is a political diagram popularized by the American libertarian David Nolan. He created it to illustrate the claim that libertarianism stands for both economic freedom and personal freedom (as he defined the terms), in graphic contrast to left-wing "liberalism", which, according to Nolan, advocates only personal freedom, and right-wing "conservatism", which, according to Nolan, advocates only economic freedom.
Nolan Schaefer Nolan Schaefer (born January 15, 1980 in Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan Canada) is a goaltender for the National Hockey League (NHL) San Jose Sharks organization. He is currently playing for the Worcester Sharks of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Nolan Strong & The Diablos Nolan Strong & The Diablos were an R&B and doo-wop vocal group that recorded for the Fortune Records label in Detroit from the early 1950's into the 1960's. Nolan Strong had an etherially high, strong tenor voice that can be appreciated on the group's classic recordings, including "The Wind" (Fortune 511, 1954), "Daddy Rockin' Strong" (Fortune 516, 1955), "The Way You Dog Me Around" (Fortune 518, 1955), "If I (Could Be With You Tonight)" (Fortune 532, 1959), "Since You're Gone" (Fortune 536, 1960) and "Mind Over Matter" (Fortune 546, 1962).
Nolan Thomas Nolan Thomas (born Marko Kalfa) was a Freestyle music artist known for his 1984 single "Yo Little Brother." He was discovered by legendary dance music producers Mark Liggett and Chris Barbosa of Shannon (Let The Music Play) fame when he was still in highschool.
Nolana Nolana (Chilean Bell Flower; syn. Alibrexia, Aplocarya, Bargemontia, Dolia, Gubleria, Leloutrea, Neudorfia, Osteocarpus, Pachysolen, Periloba, Rayera, Sorema, Teganium, Tula, Velpeaulia, Walberia, Zwingera) is a genus of hard annual or perennial plants in the Nightshade family, which is native of costal areas in Chile and Peru.
Nole Kaba Nole Kaba is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Welega Zone, Nole Kaba is bordered on the south by the Illubabor Zone, on the west by Dale Lalo, on the northwest by Yubdo, and on the northeast by Haru.
Nolen Niu Nolen Niu (born 1975) is an American Industrial Designer who received his Bachelors of Science in Industrial Design from the world-renowned Art Center College of Design located in Pasadena, California. Nolen Niu, Inc.
Noleta Noleta is an unofficial name used to designate the unincorporated urban area between Goleta and Santa Barbara in California, USA. It is bounded on the east by Santa Barbara and Hope Ranch, on the west by Goleta, on the north by the Santa Ynez Mountains and on the south by the Pacific Ocean, and largely includes the zip codes 93105, 93110 and 93111.
Noli me tangere Noli me tangere is the Latin version of the words spoken, according to the Gospel of John, by Jesus to Mary Magdalene, meaning "touch me not" (the quotation appears in John 20:17). Literally the phrase means "Do not want to touch me".
Noli Me Tangere (novel) Noli Me Tangere is a Spanish-language novel written by José Rizal, and published in 1887, in Berlin. The novel is commonly referred to by its shortened name Noli; the English translation was originally titled The Social Cancer, although recent publications have retained the original Latin.
Nolidae Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1400 described species worldwide. They are mostly small with dull colouration, the main distinguishing feature being tufts of raised scales on the forewings (the group is sometimes known as tuft moths).
Nolin River The Nolin River is a tributary of the Green River, 105 mi (169 km) long, in central Kentucky in the United States.Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry Via the Green and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
Nolina Nolina is a genus of plants in classified variously in the Nolinaceae, Agavaceae, Ruscaceae, or Asparagaceae, depending upon how those families are circumscribed. It constitutes a group of tropical xerophytic plants, with the principal distribution being in Mexico and extending into the southern United States.
Nolina cismontana Nolina cismontana or chaparral beargrass is known from only four counties in California: Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Diego County and Ventura County. Currently it is listed by the California Native Plant Society ( 1B.
Nolini Kanta Gupta Sri Nolini Kanta Gupta (13 January 1889 - 7 February 1983), revolutionary, linguist, scholar, crific, poet, philosopher and mystic, was the most senior of Sri Aurobindo's disciples. He was born in Faridpur, East Bengal, to a cultured and well-to-do family.
Nolisting Nolisting is a method of defending electronic mail users against e-mail spam. The idea is that by having a non-existent primary mail server and a working secondary mail server, attempts to send an email to the primary mail server will always fail.
Noll Tolerans Noll Tolerans (english title: Zero Tolerance) is a Swedish action film from 1999 directed by Anders Nilsson. It is the first film in a trilogy about police officer Johan Falk (Jakob Eklund) and is followed by Livvakterna and Den Tredje VĂĄgen.
Nolle prosequi Nolle prosequi is a Latin legal phrase meaning "unwilling to pursue." It is the term used in many common law criminal jurisdictions to describe a prosecutor's application to discontinue criminal charges before trial, or in Commonwealth common law countries up until, but before verdict.
Nollie (skateboarding trick) A nollie is a skateboarding maneuver in which the board is lifted from the ground without the use of the skateboarder's hands, or stepping off the board. The trick works by forcing the nose of the board downwards with the front foot, and then lifting the front foot quickly allowing the board to rise.
Nolo contendere In criminal trials in some common law jurisdictions, a plea of "nolo contendere" means that the defendant neither admits nor disputes the charge, and is an alternative to pleading guilty or not guilty. This is also called a plea of no contest or, more informally, a "nolo" plea.
Nolo.com Nolo, formerly known as Nolo Press, is a pioneering publisher in Berkeley, California that produces do it yourself legal books and software that reduce the need for people to hire lawyers for simple legal matters such as making wills or writing business partnership contracts.
Nolvasan Nolvasan is a solution whose active ingredient is Chlorhexidine (1,1'-Hexamethylenebis [5-(p-chlorophenyl) biguanide]) diacetate. It is manufactured by Fort Dodge Animal Health and is used as a disinfectant for animals.
Nolwenn (album) Nolwenn is the debut album of the Star Academy France second season winner, Nolwenn Leroy. It featured some of the top French songwriters such as Alain Souchon, Laurent Voulzy, Lara Fabian, Pascal Obispo and Lionel Florence.
NoLIta, Manhattan Nolita, sometimes written as NoLIta (North of Little Italy), is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Nolita is bounded on the north by Houston Street, on the east by the Bowery, on the south roughly by Broome Street, and on the west roughly by Lafayette Street.
Nom Anor Nom Anor is a member of the intendant caste in the species known as the Yuuzhan Vong, and a major character in the New Jedi Order book series in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. He appears in more books then any other Yuuzhan Vong character, and over the course of the series, was more developed than most of the other members of his species.
Noma dojo Noma Dojo (野間道場 Noma Dōjō) is a privately owned kendo training hall, or dojo, located in Tokyo's Bunkyo ward close to Gokoku-ji. Noma Dojo was established in 1925 by Seiji Noma, founder of the Kodansha publishing house, and has long been one of the most celebrated kendo dōjō in Japan.
Nomad Communities of nomadic people move from place to place, rather than settling down in one location. Many cultures have been traditionally nomadic, but nomadic behaviour is increasingly rare in industrialised countries.
Nomad (band) Nomad is a house music duo from England who had several big hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, as well as some similar successes in the UK Singles Chart. Group members are Damon Rochefort (Nomad is Damon spelled backwards, thus the group's name) and Steve McCutcheon.
Nomad (comics) Nomad is the name of a number of superhero characters who have appeared in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Nomad name and costume was created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Sal Buscema as an alternate identity for the original Captain America, Steve Rogers, in Captain America #180 (December, 1974).
Nomad (film) Nomad (; ) is a 2006 historical epic written by Rustam Ibragimbekov, executive produced by Milos Forman, and directed by Ivan Passer, Sergei Bodrov and Talgat Temenov. It is to be released in 2007 in the USA, distributed by The Weinstein Company.
Nomad Workers Modern office workers, IT specialists, accountants, lawyers, journalists and other professionals are beginning to evolve into a new class of nomadic worker. Sophisticated portable computers, wireless communication systems, mobile videoconferencing and full Internet connectivity mean that workers can be an integral part of an organisation without necessarily being physically based at a particular site.
Nomada With over 850 species, the genus Nomada is one of the largest genera in the entire family Apidae, and the largest genus of cleptoparasitic "cuckoo bees"; they occur worldwide, and utilize many different types of bees as hosts, primarily the genus Andrena. As parasites, they lack a pollen-carrying scopa, and are often extraordinarily wasp-like in appearance with red, black, yellow colors prevailing, and with smoky (infuscated) wings or wing tips.
Nomadic Museum The Nomadic Museum is the name given to a temporary structure composed of 156 shipping containers, housing the "Ashes and Snow" photography exhibit of Gregory Colbert. The structure was built on Pier 54 in New York City to house the exhibit in 2005, then was dismantled, moved to, and reassembled in Santa Monica, California in early 2006.
Nomadic pastoralism Nomadic pastoralism is a farming system where animals (such as cattle, sheep, goats, and camels), are taken to different locations in order to find fresh pastures. It is commonly practiced in regions with little arable land, typically in the developing world.
Noman Çelebicihan Noman Çelebicihan (Numan Çelebi Cihan) (1885-1918) was one of the most popular Crimean Tatar leaders of all time. He was the first President of the short-lived independent Crimean Democratic Republic, established on November 26 (December 9 under the Gregorian Calendar), 1917.
Noman Mubashir Noman Mubashir (born 1974) is a Pakistani Norwegian anchorman on NRK. He has published one book, Mitt liv som Ola Noman, describing in an anecdotal manner his experiences growing up as a child of Pakistani immigrants in Norway .
Nomar Garciaparra Anthony Nomar Garciaparra (born July 23, 1973, in Whittier, California) is an American baseball player of Mexican descent who currently plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Previously, he played shortstop and third base for the Chicago Cubs, after several years as the star shortstop of the Boston Red Sox.
Nomarch A nomarch in ancient Egypt was a provincial governor, the regional authority over one of the 42 nomes (Egyptian: sepat) into which the country was divided.Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, Blackwell Books: 1992, pp.
Nomarchs Nomarchs is the name given by Egyptologists to the semi-feudal rulers of Ancient Egyptian provinces (or Nomes), in the period from the breakdown of the Old Kingdom First Intermediate Period to the rise of the New Kingdom at the end of the Second Intermediate Period, when stronger centralised control was once again re-established.
Nomarski prism A Nomarski prism is a modification of the Wollaston prism, which is used in differential interference contrast microscopy. The Polish physicist Georges Nomarski contributed to the development of Differential Interference Contrast microscopy, by developing the Nomarski prism.
Nomen dubium In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium (Latin for "doubtful name", plural nomina dubia) is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Note that in the ICBN and ICNB the phrase "nomen dubium" has no status.
Nomen novum A nomen novum (Latin for "new name") or replacement name is a scientific name that is created specifically to replace a name which is a junior synonym or homonym; that is, a more recent name which is either the same taxon (a synonym), or is spelled the same (a homonym) as an older name.
Nomen nudum The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name". In taxonomy, this is used to indicate a term or phrase which looks like a scientific name, and may well have been intended to become a scientific name, but fails to be one because it was not published with an adequate description (or a reference to such a description), and thus is "bare" or "naked".
Nomen oblitum A nomen oblitum (Latin for "forgotten name") is a name that has not been used in the scientific community for more than fifty years after its original proposal, and which is either a senior synonym or homonym; that is, a more recent name which is in common use is either the same taxon (a synonym), or is spelled the same (a homonym). Once formally declared as such, the senior is no longer recognized, as the junior name takes precedence, as a nomen conservandum or nomen protectum.
Nomenclature of monoclonal antibodies The nomenclature of monoclonal antibodies is a naming scheme for assigning generic, or nonproprietary, names to a group of medicines called monoclonal antibodies. This scheme is used for both the World Health Organization’s International Nonproprietary Names and the United States Adopted Names.
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative division of countries for statistical purposes. The standard was developed by the European Union, and thus only covers the member states of the EU in detail (see also: Regions of the European Union); Eurostat also devised a hierarchy for the 10 countries which joined the EU in 2004, but these are subject to minor changes.
Nomenklatura The nomenklatura were a small, Ă©lite subset of the general population of Party members in the Soviet Union who held various key administrative positions in all spheres of the Soviet Union: in government, industry, agriculture, education, etc.
Nomi, Hiroshima Nomi (能美町; Nōmi-chō) was a town located in Saeki District, Hiroshima, Japan. On November 1, 2004 the town merged with three other towns becoming the city of Etajima and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Nomifensine Nomifensine (Merital) is a dopamine reuptake inhibitor that increases the amount of synaptic dopamine available to receptors by blocking dopamine's re-uptake transporter. This is a mechanism of action shared by drugs of abuse like cocaine and antidepressants such as bupropion (Wellbutrin/Zyban).
Nomina Anatomica In the late nineteenth century some 50,000 terms for various body parts were in use. The same structures were described by different names, depending (among other things) on the anatomist’s school and national tradition.
Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria The Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria (often abbreviated as NAV) is a text prepared by the International Committee on Veterinary Gross Anatomical Nomenclature. It is used as the standard reference for anatomical (zootomical) terminology in the field of Veterinary Science.
Nomina sacra Nomina sacra means "Sacred names" in Latin, and can be used to refer to traditions of abbreviated writing of several frequently occurring divine names or titles in early Greek language Holy Scripture. The Bruce Metzger's book Manuscripts of the Greek Bible lists 15 such expressions from Greek papyri: the Greek counterparts of God, Lord, Jesus, Christ, Son, Spirit, David, cross, Mary, Father, Israel, Savior, Man Jerusalem, and Heaven.
Nominal analogue blanking The variable and arbitrary gap of black (or nearly black) pixels, between 702 (PAL) or (approximately) 704 (NTSC), and 720, pixels in width of a standard definition television image. The edge may not be clean — some blurring can occur — and the location is arbitrary, since analogue equipment may typically shift the picture sideways in an unexpected amount or direction.
Nominal aphasia Nominal aphasia (also known as anomic aphasia) is a form of aphasia (loss of language capability caused by brain damage) in which the subject has difficulty remembering or recognizing names which the subject should know well. The subject speaks fluently, grammatically, has normal comprehension, and the only deficit is trouble with "word finding," that is, finding appropriate words for what they mean to say.
Nominal compositum Nominal compositum or nominal composition is the process of putting two or more words together to form another word, although the new word does not necessarily have the same meaning. The new word is a compound word.
Nominal interest rate A nominal interest rate is the interest rate "as stated" - that is, not adjusted for compounding. This is the interest rate that would appear on a contract from a bank or car dealer and other companies.
Nominal level Nominal level is the operating level at which an electronic signal processing device is designed to operate. The electronic circuits that make up such equipment are limited in the maximum signal they can output and the low-level internally-generated electronic noise they add to the signal.
Nominal power Nominal power is a measurement of a mediumwave radio station's output used in the United States. AM broadcasters are licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to operate at a specific nominal power, which may be (and usually is) different from the transmitter power output.
Nominalia of the Bulgarian khans The Nominalia of the Bulgarian khans () is a short manuscript containing the names of some early Bulgarian rulers, their clans, the year of their ascending to the throne and the length of their rule, including the times of joint rule and civil war.
Nominalism The American Heritage® Dictionary, Fourth Edition, defines nominalism as "the doctrine holding that abstract concepts, general terms, or universals have no independent existence but exist only as names." Nominalism has also been defined as a philosophical position that various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name.
Nominated Adviser (NOMAD) Nominated adviser (nomad) is a firm or company which has been approved by the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as a nominated adviser for the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and whoose name has been placed on the register of nominated advisers published by the London Stock Exchange.
Nominative absolute A nominative absolute is a free-standing (absolute) part of a sentence that describes or modifies the main subject and verb. It is usually at the beginning or end of the sentence, although it can also appear in the middle.
Nominative type system A nominative type system is a major class of type system, in which type compatibility and equivalence is determined by explicit declarations and/or the name of the types. Nominative systems are used to determine if types are equivalent, as well as if a type is a subtype of another.
Nominative use Nominative use, also "nominative fair use", is a defense to trademark infringement in the United States, by which a person may use the trademark of another as a reference to describe the other product, or to compare it to their own. Nominative use may be considered to be either related to, or a type of "trademark fair use" (sometimes called "classic fair use" or "statutory fair use").
Nominet UK Nominet UK is the .uk domain name registry in the United Kingdom, which was founded by Dr Willie Black on 14 May 1996 when its predecessor, the 'Naming Committee' was unable to deal with the volume of registrations then being sought under the .
Nomiza Nomiza (Greek script: Νόμιζα, English translation: "I Believed") was the Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, performed in Greek and Italian (the first time that the country had not sung entirely in Greek) by Voice.
Nommo The Nommo are ancestral spirits (sometimes referred to as deities) worshipped by the Dogon tribe of Mali. The word Nommos is derived from a Dogon word meaning, "to make one drink," The Nommos are usually described as amphibious, hermaphroditic, fish-like creatures.
Nomog-Geaya In many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Nomog-Geaya is the hobgoblin deity of war and authority. He is the patron deity of hobgoblins, but hobgoblins are also known to worship Maglubiyet.
Nomogram A nomogram or nomograph is a graphical calculating device, a two-dimensional diagram designed to allow the approximate graphical computation of a function. Like a slide rule, it is a graphical analog computation device; and, like the slide rule, its accuracy is limited by the precision with which physical markings can be drawn, reproduced, viewed, and aligned.
Nomological danglers Nomological danglers is a term famously used by Scottish-Australian philosopher Jack Smart in his article Sensations and Brain Processes. He credits the term to Herbert Feigl and his article The "Mental" and the "Physical".
Nomological network Nomological network ("lawful network", the term "nomology" being derived from the Greek, meaning "lawful") is a representation of the concepts (constructs) of interests in a study, their observable manifestations, and the interrelationships among and between these. It was Cronbach and Meehl's view of construct validity that in order to provide evidence that a measure has construct validity, a nomological network has to be developed for its measure.
Nomorhamphus The freshwater halfbeaks of the genus Nomorhamphus are widely distributed in South East Asia, in particular the islands of the Philippines, Indonesia, and Sulawesi. They are all viviparous, producing small clutches of around a dozen fry about 10 to 15 mm long at birth Females are generally larger than the males.
Nomos (Sociology) In sociology, a nomos is a socially constructed ordering of experience. The term derives from the greek νόμος, and it refers, not only to explicit laws, but to all of the normal rules and forms which people take for granted in their day to day activities.
Nomos Alpha Nomos Alpha (1966) is a piece for solo cello composed by Iannis Xenakis in 1965, commissioned by Radio Bremen for cellist Siegfried Palm, and dedicated to mathematicians Aristoxenus of Tarentum, Evariste Galois, and Felix Klein (DeLio 1985, p.xii).
Nomothetic Nomothetic literally means "proposition of the law" (Greek derivation) and is used in both philosophy (see also Nomothetic and idiographic) and in psychology with differing meanings. In psychology, nomothetic measures are contrasted to ipsative or idiothetic measures, where nomothetic measures are measures that can be taken directly by an outside observer, such as weight or how many times a particular behavior occurs, and ipsative measures are self-reports such as a rank-ordered list of preferences.
Nomothetic and idiographic Nomothetic and idiographic are terms coined by Kantian philosopher Wilhelm Windelband to describe two distinct approaches to knowledge, each one corresponding to a different intellectual tendency, and each one corresponding to a different branch of academe.
Nomura Group The is an international conglomerate of financial services and consulting companies, headquartered in the Nihombashi district of Tokyo, Japan. Nomura also has major offices at the World Financial Center in New York City, at the International Finance Centre in Hong Kong, and at Nomura House in London.
Nomura, Ehime was a town located in Higashiuwa District, Ehime, Japan. As of April 1, 2004 the town merged with the other 3 towns in the district and the town of Mikame (in neighboring Nishiuwa District) forming the city of Seiyo.
Non est factum Non est factum – Latin for "it is not [my] deed" – is a doctrine in contract law that allows a signing party to escape performance of the agreement. A claim of non est factum means that the signature on the contract was signed by mistake, without knowledge of its meaning, but was not done so negligently.
Non finito Non finito is a sculpting technique literally meaning that the work is unfinished. Non finito sculptures appear unfinished because the artist only sculpts part of the block, leaving the figure appearing to be stuck within the block of material.
Non ho l'etĂ  "Non ho l'etĂ " (sometimes Non Ho L'EtĂ  Per Amarti, English translation: "I Am Not Old Enough (To Love You"), literally "I Don't Have The Age (To Love You)") was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 performed in Italian by Gigliola Cinquetti representing Italy.
Non nobis Non nobis, is a short Latin hymn used as a prayer of thanksgiving and expression of humility. The Latin text derives from Psalm 113:9 (according to the Vulgate numbering), which corresponds to Psalm 115:1 in the King James Version.
Non Regular Permanent Staff In the British Army, Non Regular Permanent Staff (NRPS - often pronounced as Nerps) are members of the Territorial Army who are employed on a full-time basis. They usually fill vital unit administration or quartermaster roles and are most often long-service TA veterans or retired regulars.
Non sequitur (absurdism) A non sequitur is a conversational and literary device, often used for comical purposes (as opposed to its use in formal logic). It is a comment which, due to its lack of meaning relative to the comment it follows, is absurd to the point of being humorous or confusing.
Non scholae, sed vitae discimus Non scholae, sed vitae discimus is a Latin phrase meaning We do not learn for the school, but for life, indicating that one should not gain knowledge and skill to please a teacher or master, but because of the benefits you will gain in your life.
Non Sequitur (comic strip) Non Sequitur is a comic strip created by Wiley Miller (usually credited as just "Wiley") in 1991 and syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate to over 700 newspapers. The strip can be found online at gocomics.
Non Stop Ride (album) Non Stop Ride is not an official release by Godhead as Jason Miller and Julian Beeston made this mix for Cleopatra Records. There a lot of covers of the likes of The Prodigy's Narayan, and Smack My Bitch up, KMFDM's Virus and Blur's Girls and boys.
Non-24-hour sleep-wake syndrome Non-24-hour sleep-wake syndrome, also termed circadian arrhythmia, non-24-hour circadian rhythm disorder or hypernychthemeral syndrome, is a circadian rhythm sleep disorder . The International Classification of Sleep Disorders defines the disorder as, "a chronic steady pattern comprising one- to two-hour daily delays in sleep onset and wake times in an individual living in society.
Non-abelian class field theory In mathematics, non-abelian class field theory is a catchphrase, meaning the extension of the results of class field theory, the relatively complete and classical set of results on abelian extensions of any number field K, to the general Galois extension L/K. While class field theory was essentially known by 1930, the corresponding non-abelian theory has never been formulated in a definitive and accepted sense.
Non-aggression pact A non-aggression pact is an international treaty between two or more states, agreeing to avoid war or armed conflict between them and resolve their disputes through peaceful negotiations. Sometimes such a pact may include a pledge of avoiding armed conflict even if participants find themselves fighting third countries, including allies of one the participants.
Non-aggression principle The non-aggression principle (also called the non-aggression axiom, anticoercion principle, or zero aggression principle) is a deontological ethical stance associated with the right-theorist wing of the libertarian movement (consequentialist libertarians do not subscribe to itWhat's Right vs. What Works.
Non-analytic smooth function In mathematics, smooth functions (also called infinitely differentiable functions) and analytic functions are two very important types of functions. One can easily prove that any analytic function of a real argument is smooth.
Non-archimedean time Non-archimedean time refers to any theory of time which holds that there exist instants infinitely in the future or infinitely in the past. It is so called because if the instants of such time are assigned numbers, the set of such numbers must be non-archimedean.
Non-Aligned Movement The Non-Aligned Movement, or NAM, is an international organization of over 100 states which consider themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. The purpose of the organization as stated in the Havana Declaration of 1979 is to ensure "the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries" in their "struggle against imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, apartheid, Zionism, racism and all forms of foreign aggression, occupation, domination, interference or hegemony as well as against great power and bloc politics".

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