nor

[nawr; unstressed ner] /nɔr; unstressed nər/
conjunction
1.
(used in negative phrases, especially after neither, to introduce the second member in a series, or any subsequent member):
Neither he nor I will be there. They won't wait for you, nor for me, nor for anybody.
2.
(used to continue the force of a negative, as not, no, never, etc., occurring in a preceding clause):
He left and I never saw him again, nor did I regret it.
3.
(used after an affirmative clause, or as a continuative, in the sense of and not):
They are happy, nor need we worry.
4.
Older Use. than.
5.
Archaic. (used without a preceding neither, the negative force of which is understood):
He nor I was there.
6.
Archaic. (used instead of neither as correlative to a following nor):
Nor he nor I was there.
Origin
1300-50; Middle English, contraction of nother, Old English nōther, equivalent to ne not + ōther (contraction of ōhwæther) either; cf. or1
Can be confused
and, and/or, nor, or (see usage note at and; see usage note at and/or)
Usage note
See neither.

nor-

1.
a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds which are the normal or parent forms of the compound denoted by the base words:
l-norepinephrine.
Origin
short for normal

NOR

[nawr] /nɔr/
noun
1.
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when both operands are negative.
Origin
1955-60

Nor.

1.
Norman.
2.
North.
3.
Northern.
4.
Norway.
5.
Norwegian.

nor.

1.
north.
2.
northern.
Examples from the web for nor
  • Their diffuse messages are not evidence of a lack of understanding, nor of an emphasis on anarchism.
  • nor has she ever been obnoxiously offensive either diplomatically or morally.
  • Do not become righteous overmuch, nor show yourself excessively wise.
  • nor had dispersants been previously deployed in the volumes needed in the gulf.
  • Jobs was neither a hardware engineer nor a software programmer, nor did he think of himself as a manager.
  • Not a single professor rose to question those decisions, nor did anyone seem to give a thought to how their students would pay.
  • nor is it possible to establish the impact of migration on overall growth.
  • nor was another idea, to build reservoirs on the tributaries to hold back the water.
  • Some trees do not disperse well: not many birds or animals carry their seeds far from the tree, nor does the wind.
  • The best picnic is the one at which neither kids nor grown-ups are exhausted from cooking and cleaning up.
British Dictionary definitions for nor

nor

/nɔː; unstressed nə/
conjunction, preposition (coordinating)
1.
(used to join alternatives) neither ... nor, and not: neither measles nor mumps
2.
foll by an auxiliary verb or have, do, or be used as main verbs. (and) not … either: they weren't talented — nor were they particularly funny
3.
(dialect) than: better nor me
4.
(poetic) neither: nor wind nor rain
Word Origin
C13: contraction of Old English nōther, from nāhwætherneither

nor-

combining form
1.
indicating that a chemical compound is derived from a specified compound by removal of a group or groups: noradrenaline
2.
indicating that a chemical compound is a normal isomer of a specified compound
Word Origin
by shortening from normal
Word Origin and History for nor
conj.

c.1300, contraction of Middle English nauther (see neither). Influenced in form by or.

nor in Medicine

nor- pref.
A precursor compound that differs from its successor by the absence of a radical group, usually methyl: norepinephrine.

nor in Technology


Not OR.
The Boolean function which is true if none of its inputs are true and false otherwise, the logical complement of inclusive OR. The binary (two-input) NOR function can be defined (written as an infix operator):
A NOR B = NOT (A OR B) = (NOT A) AND (NOT B)
Its truth table is:
A | B | A NOR B --+---+--------- F | F | T F | T | F T | F | F T | T | F
NOR, like NAND, forms a complete set of Boolean functions on its own since it can be used to make NOT, AND, OR and any other Boolean function:
NOT A = A NOR A
A OR B = NOT (A NOR B)
A AND B = (NOT A) NOR (NOT B)
(1995-02-06)

Related Abbreviations for nor

NOR

  1. Norma (constellation)
  2. NOT OR (logical operator)

Nor.

  1. Norman
  2. north
  3. northern
  4. Norway
  5. Norwegian
Idioms and Phrases with nor

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