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nit

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: nit

1
 n
egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing
2
 n
a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: nit
1

n egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing

Type of:
egg
animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
2

n a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source

Type of:
luminance unit
a measure of luminance
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