Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation neuropsychiatry
- abbreviation notary public
- abbreviation noun phrase
- abbreviation nurse practitioner
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code forNepal . - abbreviation
notary public - abbreviation
nurse practitioner - abbreviation
national park - abbreviation linguistics
noun phrase - abbreviation Internet
Now playing . - abbreviation Internet
No problem . - noun computing theory Abbreviation of "non-deterministic polynomial"; the complexity class of computational problems that a
non-deterministic Turing machine can solve inpolynomial time.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word NP.
Examples
-
Meyer said he never propagated what he called the NP's disappearance into thin air.
-
Nasionale Party in criticism of what they termed the NP's belated objections to communist influence in the ANC.
-
Not to mention the toxin mercury landing in the soil, lakes and rivers around Mt. Rainier NP from the coal-fired plant.
Republicans Try to Save Renewable Energy Tax Incentive « PubliCola 2010
-
They can, however, be solved in polynomial time by a non-deterministic Turing machine (the name NP means non-deterministic polynomial).
-
This is one of a set of problems labeled "NP" - a characteristic is that you can verify an possible answer in polynomial time.
Slashdot 2009
-
This NP is longer than most sentences — I think it’s longer than any I am using in this post — and that means it is entirely possible for the reader to forget what the beginning of the sentence was by the time they get to the end of the NP.
Yanni illustrates an important point about grammar « Motivated Grammar 2008
-
Your NP will be available to help you on a daily basis to navigate insulin dose changes, reach developmental goals with your child, and custom work special social situations.
A Team Approach 2010
-
The NP was a “nationalist” party composed of Afrikaners who were fed up with being second-class citizens to the British.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
-
The NP was a “nationalist” party composed of Afrikaners who were fed up with being second-class citizens to the British.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
-
The NP was a “nationalist” party composed of Afrikaners who were fed up with being second-class citizens to the British.
BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.