Nus

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet ; an organization of university students abbreviated as NUS ; a form or variant of the Greek letter nu
2. Referring to the letter that comes after mu in Greek ; a common acronym for National Union of Students ; a particular stylization or depiction of nu from the Greek script
3. The symbol used as the 13th character in the Greek alphabet ; denoting a student body association known as NUS ; a representation of the nu character across different contexts

Etymology: "Nus" is the plural of "nu," the English name for the thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, so it refers to more than one of the letter, as in several printed "ν"s. The singular "nu" comes from Ancient Greek "nû," the name the Greeks gave the letter Ν (capital) and ν (lowercase). The letter itself descends from the Phoenician letter "nun," which meant "fish," and the Greeks kept its shape while adopting it into their alphabet. English took the Greek name directly, so the letter's name is the same word whether you meet it in a mathematics textbook or a classical dictionary.

Synonyms: nude, naked

Antonyms: clothed, dressed