NEF

Etymology 1

Noun

nef (plural nefs)

An extravagant table ornament and container used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, made in the shape of a ship.

Synonyms

• cadenas

Etymology 2

Short for numerically effective; introduced by Miles Reid.

Adjective

nef (not comparable)

(algebraic geometry) Of a line bundle on a complete algebraic variety over a field: such that the degree of its restriction to every algebraic curve in the variety is non-negative.

Anagrams

• ENF, fen

Source: Wiktionary


Nef (; F. , n. Etym: [F. See Nave.]

Definition: The nave of a church. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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