NOR


Meaning of NOR in English

■ conjunction & adverb

1》 and not; and not either: they were neither cheap ~ convenient.

↘neither: ~ can I.

2》 archaic or dialect than.

■ noun ( NOR )

1》 a logical operation which gives the value one if and only if all the operands have a value of zero, and otherwise has a value of zero.

2》 [as modifier ] Electronics denoting a gate circuit which produces an output only when there are no signals on any of the input connections.

Origin

ME: contr. of OE nother 'neither'.

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