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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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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