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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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