NS
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ns"
English
    
    Proper noun
    
NS
- Initialism of Nova Scotia.
 - Initialism of New Style. (of dates)
- Antonym: OS
 
 - (Internet, historical) Initialism of Netscape.
 - Initialism of Noble Sanctuary.
 - (rail transport) Norfolk Southern (Railroad)
 - (rail transport) Initialism of Nederlandse Spoorwegen. (Dutch Railways)
 - (Malaysia) Initialism of Negeri Sembilan
 
Alternative forms
    
- N.S. (Nova Scotia, New Style)
 
Noun
    
NS
- Initialism of nervous system.
 - Initialism of nuclear ship, a nuclear-powered ship.
 - Initialism of native speaker.
 - Initialism of neutron star.
 - Initialism of neutral spirit (“alcohol”).
 - (Ireland, usually as part of a name) Initialism of National School.
 - (informal) Initialism of NATO state.
 - Initialism of no show.
 - Initialism of namespace.
 - Initialism of Nintendo Switch.
 - (politics, Internet slang) Initialism of National Socialism.
 - (Singapore) Initialism of national service.
 
Derived terms
    
(negative-strand):
- NNS (nonsegmented negative-strand)
 - NS RNA virus (negative-strand RNA virus)
 
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Noun
    
NS
- Abbreviation of Nationalsozialismus; Nazi
 - Abbreviation of Nervensystem (“nervous system (NS)”).
 - Abbreviation of Nachsatz.
 - Abbreviation of Nachschrift.
 - Abbreviation of Nukleinsäure.
 - Abbreviation of Nebensatz. (contrast Hauptsatz, HS)
 - (mathematics) Abbreviation of Nullstelle.
 
Derived terms
    
1.
- NS-Kult, NS-Verbot, NS-Verbrechen, NS-Zeit
 
2.
- ANS (autonomes Nervensystem)
 - PNS (peripheres Nervensystem)
 - VNS (vegetatives Nervensystem)
 - ZNS (zentrales Nervensystem, Zentralnervensystem)
 
3.
Proper noun
    
NS
- Abbreviation of Niederschlesien (“Lower Silesia”).
 - (now informal) Abbreviation of Niedersachsen (“Lower Saxony”). (compare the official abbreviation NI)
 - Neues Serbien, Nova Srbija – New Serbia, Nova Srbija (NS)
 
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