ni

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ni - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bambino \Bam*bi"no\ (b[aum]m*b[=e]"n[-o]), n.; It. pl. -ni.
     [It., a little boy, fr. bambo silly; cf. Gr. bambali`zein,
     bambai`nein, to chatter.]
     1. A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the
        infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. (Sports) George Herman Ruth ("Babe" Ruth), the baseball
        player; -- usu. in the form "the bambino".
        [1913 Webster]

  Cincinnus \Cin*cin"nus\, n.; pl. -ni. [Also cicinus,
     cicinnus.] [L., a curl of hair.] (Bot.)
     A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise
     alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called
     also scorpioid cyme. -- Cin*cin"nal, a.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

ni - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Ni
      n 1: a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is
           resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in
           pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite [syn:
           nickel, Ni, atomic number 28]

ni - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  ni
  
     <networking> The country code for Nicaragua.
  
     (1999-01-27)
  

ni - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  NI
         Normenausschuss Informationstechnik (Din, org.)
         

  NI
         Network Interconnect / Interface
         

  NI
         Normenausschuss Informationsverarbeitungssysteme [1987-1995]
  (DIN, predecessor, NI)