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  • 41NIL — Unter Nil versteht man: einen Fluss in Afrika, den Nil; Nil (Zigarettenmarke); ein Verfahren in der Halbleitertechnik: Nanoimprint Lithography. Nil ist der Name der türkischen Pop Rocksängerin Nil Karaibrahimgil. Unter nil versteht man: ein… …

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  • 42nil — [[t]nɪ̱l[/t]] 1) NUM Nil means the same as zero. It is usually used to say what the score is in sports such as rugby or football. [BRIT] They beat the defending champions, Argentina, one nil in the final. Syn: zero 2) N UNCOUNT If you say that… …

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  • 43nil — UK [nɪl] / US noun [uncountable] 1) British spoken the number 0 in the result of a game Birmingham won three nil. 2) used for saying that something does not exist virtually/practically nil: Their chances of survival are virtually nil. • nil by… …

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  • 44Nil — Provenance. Prénom d origine égyptienne. Signifie : rivière Se fête le 19 septembre . Histoire. Evêque d Egypte, Nil fut victime de la persécution de Dioclétien, au début du IVème siècle. Il fut martyrisé en Palestine. On le fête le 19 septembre …

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  • 45nil — 1. noun /nɪl/ a) Nothing. What are the chances of success? Nil. b) Zero (used especially in soccer scores). Arsenal beat Manchester United two nil. Ant: t See Also: nihilism 2 …

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  • 46nil — ● ►en adj. ►TYPE Équivalent, parfois: null . Caractérise une variable ne contenant pas une donnée valide. Exemple: un pointeur nil ne pointe sur rien (du coup, on le sait, et cela évite de partir aux fraises). Nil vaut pour le langage Pascal ou… …

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  • 47nil — [nɪl] noun [U] 1) British spoken the number 0 in the result of a game Birmingham won three nil.[/ex] 2) used for saying that something does not exist Their chances of survival are virtually nil.[/ex] …

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  • 48nil — noun Etymology: Latin, nothing, contraction of nihil, from Old Latin nihilum, from ne not + hilum trifle more at no Date: 1833 nothing, zero • nil adjective …

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  • 49nil — [19] Latin nil was a contracted form of nihil ‘nothing’ (source of English nihilism [19]). This in turn was a shortening of an earlier nihilum, a compound formed from the negative particle nī and hīlum ‘small or trivial thing’, and thus denoted… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 50nil — noun our chances of getting there on time were nil Syn: nothing, none; zero, 0, naught/nought; Tennis love; informal zilch, zip, nada, a goose egg, nix; dated cipher …

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