nix
pronunciation
How to pronounce nix in British English:
UK [nɪks]
How to pronounce nix in American English:
US [nɪks]
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- Noun:
- a quantity of no importance
Word Origin
- nix (n.)
- "nothing, none," 1789, from German nix, dialectal variant of nichts "nothing," from Middle High German nihtes, from genitive of niht, nit "nothing," from Old High German niwiht, from ni, ne "no" (see un-) + wiht "thing, creature" (compare naught).
- nix (v.)
- "cancel, refuse, forbid," 1903, from nix (n.). Related: Nixed; nixing.
Example
- 1. A simulated low-speed crash between comparably sized planetoids yields a pluto and a charon , plus an icy debris disk that could coalesce into a nix and a hydra .
- 2. An impact has long been suspected for the birth of charon , the largest plutonian moon , but canup ran impact simulations to show that nix and hydra , two much smaller satellites discovered in 2005 , may be debris from the same collision .
- 3. Gyms often outlaw cellphones in workout areas , and restaurants sometimes nix them . The los angeles public library system restricts use to lobby areas .
- 4. Cut the butter into chunks , and let it stand at room temperature to soften ( nix the microwave idea entirely ) .
- 5. Telephony services such as skype could also be particularly affected , thinks professor andy nix , a wireless expert at bristol university .