ノット

㌩ U+3329, ㌩
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Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
浬
節
㌩

Borrowed from English knot.[2][1]

Noun

ノット • (notto) 

  1. 浬, 節: a knot: a nautical unit of speed, one nautical mile per hour
  2. knot in a rope or necktie
Usage notes

For the speed-related sense, the katakana spelling ノット is more common in modern Japanese than either kanji spelling of 浬 or 節.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English not.

Noun

ノット • (notto) 

  1. (programming, computing) NOT

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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