Definitions

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  • noun Not Otherwise Specified
  • noun Near-Online Storage
  • noun Network Operating System
  • noun New Old Stock
  • noun Nitrous Oxide

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Examples

  • NOS is short for "nitrous oxide," which can be used to boost speeds in race cars.

    Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles SCOTT MEEKER/The Joplin Globe 2010

  • NOS is short for "nitrous oxide," which can be used to boost speeds in race cars.

    Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles SCOTT MEEKER/The Joplin Globe 2010

  • Meissner's background includes launching NOS, which is now Coca-Cola's best-selling energy drink, and working on SoBe Beverages' introduction of No Fear, now part of

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Meissner's background includes launching NOS, which is now Coca-Cola's best-selling energy drink, and working on SoBe Beverages' introduction of No Fear, now part of

    The Seattle Times: Business & Technology 2010

  • Meissner's background includes launching NOS, which is now Coca-Cola's best-selling energy drink, and working on SoBe Beverages' introduction of No Fear, now part of

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Meissner's background includes launching NOS, which is now Coca-Cola's best-selling energy drink, and working on SoBe Beverages' introduction of No Fear, now part of

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Meissner's background includes launching NOS, which is now Coca-Cola's best-selling energy drink, and working on SoBe Beverages' introduction of No Fear, now part of

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Meissner's background includes launching NOS, which is now Coca-Cola's best-selling energy drink, and working on SoBe Beverages' introduction of No Fear, now part of

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Meissner's background includes launching NOS, which is now Coca-Cola's best-selling energy drink, and working on SoBe Beverages' introduction of No Fear, now part of

    The Seattle Times: Business & Technology 2010

  • The DSM Eating Disorder Work Group is engaged in a kind of taxonomic spring-cleaning feng shui as it's trying to clear out some overflowing clutter from the so-called NOS (Not Otherwise Specified) category - which, for all intents and purposes, serves as a diagnostic waste basket.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

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