Dictionary
nor
Pronunciation: (nôr; unstressed nur), [key]—
conj.
1. (used in negative phrases, esp. after
neither, to introduce the second member in a series, or any subsequent member):
Neither he nor I will be there. They won't wait for you, nor for me, nor for anybody.
2. (used to continue the force of a negative, as
not, no, never, etc., occurring in a preceding clause):
He left and I never saw him again, nor did I regret it.
3. (used after an affirmative clause, or as a continuative, in the sense of
and not):
They are happy, nor need we worry.
4. Older Use.than.
5. Archaic.(used without a preceding
neither, the negative force of which is understood):
He nor I was there.
6. Archaic.(used instead of
neither as correlative to a following
nor):
Nor he nor I was there. nor-
a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds which are the normal or parent forms of the compound denoted by the base words:
l-norepinephrine. NOR
Pronunciation: (nôr), [key]—
n.
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when both operands are negative.
Nor.
1. Norman.
2. North.
3. Northern.
4. Norway.
5. Norwegian.
nor.
1. north.
2. northern.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
