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No

Definition: No

No

Adjective

1. Quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of; "we have no bananas"; "no eggs left and no money to buy any"; "have you no decency?"; "did it with no help"; "I'll get you there in no time".

Adverb

1. Referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present; "he was no heavier than a child".

2. Not in any degree or manner; not at all; "he is no better today".

3. Used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc or especially to emphasize a negative statement; "no, you are wrong".

Noun

1. A negative; "his no was loud and clear".

2. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"No" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "stirring up", "forbidding".

Date "no" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: No

DomainDefinition

Computing

No The country code for Norway. (1999-01-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Bible

No or No-A'mon, the home of Amon, the name of Thebes, the ancient capital of what is called the Middle Empire, in Upper or Southern Egypt. "The multitude of No" (Jer. 46:25) is more correctly rendered, as in the Revised Version, "Amon of No", i.e., No, where Jupiter Amon had his temple. In Ezek. 30:14, 16 it is simply called "No;" but in ver. 15 the name has the Hebrew Hamon prefixed to it, "Hamon No." This prefix is probably the name simply of the god usually styled Amon or Ammon. In Nah. 3:8 the "populous No" of the Authorized Version is in the Revised Version correctly rendered "No-Amon." It was the Diospolis or Thebes of the Greeks, celebrated for its hundred gates and its vast population. It stood on both sides of the Nile, and is by some supposed to have included Karnak and Luxor. In grandeur and extent it can only be compared to Nineveh. It is mentioned only in the prophecies referred to, which point to its total destruction. It was first taken by the Assyrians in the time of Sargon (Isa. 20). It was afterwards "delivered into the hand" of Nebuchadnezzar and Assurbani-pal (Jer. 46:25, 26). Cambyses, king of the Persians (B.C. 525), further laid it waste by fire. Its ruin was completed (B.C. 81) by Ptolemy Lathyrus. The ruins of this city are still among the most notable in the valley of the Nile. They have formed a great storehouse of interesting historic remains for more than two thousand years. "As I wandered day after day with ever-growing amazement amongst these relics of ancient magnificence, I felt that if all the ruins in Europe, classical, Celtic, and medieval, were brought together into one centre, they would fall far short both in extent and grandeur of those of this single Egyptian city." Manning, The Land of the Pharaohs. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Multilingual Slang

Alemannic (hanai, hanoi). (references)

Slang

Adj. Source: No. Definition: Right/yes. Context: Used in affirmation, to support the subject matter of the sentence or phrase. Social Source: Pigeon speakers of Oahu, Hawaii. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)

Tips from 1870

Usage: No, Not. "I cannot tell whether he will come or no." "Whether he be a sinner or no I know not." In such cases not should be used instead of no.
Usage: No, no. "The faculties are called into no exercise by doing a thing merely because others do it, no more than by believing a thing only because others believe it," says George P. Marsh. He should have used any instead of the second no.
Usage: No, no. "The faculties are called into no exercise by doing a thing merely because others do it, no more than by believing a thing only because others believe it," says George P. Marsh. He should have used any instead of the second no.
Usage: Nor, no. "Give not me counsel, nor let no comforter delight mine ear," says Shakespeare.
"There can be no rules laid down, nor no manner recommended," says Sheridan.
"No skill could obviate, nor no remedy dispel the terrible infection."
The foregoing sentences may be corrected by changing nor to and.
Usage: Not, no. "I pray you bear with me; I cannot go no further," says Shakespeare. "I can go no further," or "I cannot go any further," will make the sentence correct.
Usage: Each, Every, No, Not. When two or more nominatives are qualified by one of the foregoing words the verb must be singular.
"Every limb and feature appears with its respective grace."-- Steele.
"Not a bird, not a beast, not a tree, not a shrub were to be seen." Use was instead of were. Source: Slips of Speech.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: ISO 3166-2:NO

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The ISO 3166-2 codes for Norway describe 19 counties (fylke). The first part of the code is the ISO 3166-1 country code NO for Norway, the second part is two-digit-numeric (with trailing zeros). The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify.

NO-13 does not exist.

Coding list

NO-02 Akershus
NO-09 Aust-Agder
NO-06 Buskerud
NO-20 Finnmark
NO-04 Hedmark
NO-12 Hordaland
NO-15 Møre og Romsdal
NO-18 Nordland
NO-17 Nord-Trøndelag
NO-05 Oppland
NO-03 Oslo
NO-11 Rogaland
NO-14 Sogn og Fjordane
NO-16 Sør-Trøndelag
NO-08 Telemark
NO-19 Troms
NO-10 Vest-Agder
NO-07 Vestfold
NO-01 Østfold

Decoding list

NO-01 Østfold
NO-02 Akershus
NO-03 Oslo
NO-04 Hedmark
NO-05 Oppland
NO-06 Buskerud
NO-07 Vestfold
NO-08 Telemark
NO-09 Aust-Agder
NO-10 Vest-Agder
NO-11 Rogaland
NO-12 Hordaland
NO-14 Sogn og Fjordane
NO-15 Møre og Romsdal
NO-16 Sør-Trøndelag
NO-17 Nord-Trøndelag
NO-18 Nordland
NO-19 Troms
NO-20 Finnmark

See also

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "ISO 3166-2:NO."

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List of people by name: No

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Na - Nb - Nc - Nd - Ne - Nf - Ng - Nh - Ni - Nj - Nk - Nl - Nm - Nn - No - Np - Nq - Nr - Ns - Nt - Nu - Nv - Nw - Nx - Ny - Nz

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Nitrate

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Nitrates are the salts of nitric acid. The nitrate ion is the polyatomic ion with chemical formula NO3−; it is the conjugate base of nitric acid. The nitrate ion is planar and has the following structure:

     O     O−
      \\\\  /
        N+
        |
        O−
A nitrate salt forms if a positively charged ion attaches to one of the negatively charged oxygen atoms of the nitrate ion.

Nitrates such as potassium nitrate (saltpetre) and ammonium nitrate are an important source of nitrogen in fertilizers.

Nitrates are also oxidizing agentss. When mixed with hydrocarbons or carbohydrates, nitrates can form a flammable or even explosive mixture. For example, potassium nitrate is the oxidizing ingredient in black gunpowder.

In Medicine, Nitrates such as nitroglycerin and isosorbide mono- and di- nitrates are particularly useful for prevention and treatment of angina pectoris. However they can cause a dangerous reaction if taken within 24 hrs of taking Viagra or sildenafil citrate.

Nitrates covered in Wikipedia include:

Nitrates should not be confused with nitrites, the salts of nitrous acid.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nitrate."

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NO

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

NO can mean: This is a Wikipedia disambiguation page. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix it.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "NO."

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Nobelium

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Nobelium is a chemical element in the periodic table with the symbol No and atom number 102.

History

Nobelium was unambiguiously discovered and identified in April 1958 at UC Berkeley by A. Ghiorso, T. Sikkeland, J.R. Walton, and G.T. Seaborg, who used a new double-recoil technique. A heavy-ion linear accelerator (HILAC) was used to bombard a thin target of curium (95% 244Cm and 4.5% 246Cm) with 12C ions to produce 102No according to the 246Cm(12C, 4n) reaction. It is named after Alfred Nobel, the discoverer of dynamite and namesake of the Nobel Prize.

In 1957 workers in the United States, Britain, and Sweden announced the discovery of an isotope of element 102 with a 10-minute half-life at 8.5 MeV, as a result of bombarding 244Cm with 13C nuclei. On the basis of this experiment, the name nobelium was assigned and accepted by the Commission on Atomic Weights of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

The acceptance of the name was premature because both Russian and American efforts now completely rule out the possibility of any isotope of Element 102 having a half-life of 10 min in the vicinity of 8.5 MeV. Early work in 1957 on the search for this element, in Russia at the Kurchatov Institute, was marred by the assignment of 8.9 +/- 0.4 MeV alpha radiation with a half-life of 2 to 40 sec, which was too indefinite to support discovery claims.

Confirmatory experiments at Berkeley in 1966 have shown the existence of 254-102 with a 55-s half-life, 252-102 with a 2.3-s half-life, and 257-102 with a 23-s half-life.

Following tradition giving the right to name an element to the discoverer(s), the Berkeley group in 1967 suggested that the hastily given name nobelium, along with the symbol No, be retained.

Isotopes

Ten isotopes are now recognized, one of which -- 255-102 -- has a half-life of 3 minutes.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: No

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

NO

DanishNorgeGeography

NO

DutchNoord-oostN/A

NO

EnglishNitric oxideChemistry, Environment

NO

FinnishNorjaGeography

NO

FrenchOxyde nitriqueChemistry, Environment

NO

GermanKönigreich NorwegenGeography, Law

NO

GreekΝορβηγίαGeography

NO

ItalianNumero di ottanoChemical Industry

NO

PortugueseReino da NoruegaGeography

NO

SpanishNoruegaGeography

NO

SwedishKväveoxidChemistry, Environment
BB NoEnglishBromide-Bromate NumberN/A
NO(A)ELEnglishNo observed(adverse)effect levelMedicine
NOxFrenchOxides d'azote(NO et NO2)Chemistry

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: No

Synonyms: no(a) (adj), no more (adv), atomic number 102 (n), nobelium (n). (additional references)
Antonyms: all(a) (adj), some(a) (adj), yes (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: No

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Rejection

Adverb: neither, neither the one nor the other; no.

Unwillingness

Adverb: unwillingly; Adjective: grudgingly, with a heavy heart; with a bad, with an ill grace; against one's wishes, against one's will, against the grain, sore against one's wishes, sore against one's will, sore against one's grain; invita Minerva; a contre caeur; malgre soi; in spite of one's teeth, in spite of oneself; nolens volens; (necessity); perforce; under protest; no; not for the world, far be it from me.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: No

English words defined with "no": By no manner of means, By no means ♦ in no time, in no way, It is no nay ♦ leave no stone unturned ♦ no ball, no doubt, no end, No farther, No force, No great shakes, no longer, No mistake, no more, No whither ♦ Of no use ♦ point of no return ♦ To be no more, To break no square, To break no squares, To make no difference, To make no doubt, To make no matter, to no degree, To tell no store of ♦ Whether or no. (references)
Specialty definitions using "no": ALL A-SE AND NO BODY ♦ Cannot by no means ♦ Devil to Pay and no Pitch Hot ♦ Female householder, no husband present ♦ Good Wine needs no Bush ♦ I see no X here. ♦ Killing no Murder ♦ Lie hath no Feet, lots of MIPS but no I/O ♦ Muffied Cats catch no Mice ♦ No 6 exchange, NO CATCHY NO HAVY, no claim for accident reported, No Further Remedial Action Planned, No Man is a Hero to his own Valet, No More Poles, No net cost, No Net Cost Tobacco Act of 1982, No six exchange, No wheres, no. ♦ person of no account ♦ Soft Words Butter no Parsnips. (references)
Etymologies containing "no": Wood-sere. (references)
Non-English Usage: "No" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Catalan (no), Finnish (now, well, well then, well! now!), Frisian (at present, now), Galician (at the, on + the), German (ne), Hungarian (I dare say!), Italian (nay, nix, no, nope, not), Latin (being done, float, fly, made, sail, swim, to swim), Luxembourgish (after, to), Papiamen (no, not), Pidgin English (no, to know), Polish (now, well, well then), Portuguese (at, at the, by the, in the, Kingdom of Norway, Norway, on, on the, to), Portuguese Brazilian (at the, in, in the, on the), Scottish (a man, else, if not : fear no bean, neither, nor, or, otherwise), Serbo-Croatian (than), Spanish (don't, is it not, nay, no, non, nope, not), Sranan (no, not), Tahitian (for), Vietnamese (satiate, saturate, saturated).

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Modern Usage: No

DomainUsage

Screenplays

No, I was just saying that so you could practice (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg)

But no matter (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

And that's the day I knew there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

Because of you, I'm no longer an Agent of this system (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

Your evil says you cannot be evil, and I shall suffer for it no longer (Interview With the Vampire; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Lyrics

Why, it's no crime (It's No Crime; performing artist: Babyface; writing credit: Babyface, L.A. Reid, Daryl Simmons)

And this house just ain't no home (Ain't No Sunshine; performing artist: Bill Withers)

Bump like Acne, no doubt (No Diggity; performing artist: Blackstreet)

No matter what they tell us (No Matter What; performing artist: Boyzone)

I tell you why there's no love (You Gets No Love; performing artist: Faith Evans)

Clever

In his private heart no man much respects himself. (references; author: Mark Twain)

No call alligator long mouth till you pass him. (references; author: Jamaican Proverb)

No possible rearrangement of bad eggs can ever make a good omelette. (references; author: Chinese Proverb)

Love sees no color. (references; author: unknown)

Hell has no fire escapes. (references; author: unknown)

Tongue Twisters

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he? (references; author: unknown)

No shark shares swordfish steak. (references; author: unknown)

No shipshape ships shop stocks shop-soiled shirts. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

No Nukes (1980)

Ranru no hata (1974)

Mamushi no kyôdai: futari awasete sanjuppan (1974)

Seishun no satetsu (1974)

Sengoku rokku hayate no onnatachi (1974)

Song Titles

Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got) (performing artist: Four Tops)

No Son Of Mine (performing artist: Genesis)

Check Yes Or No (performing artist: George Strait)

Suite No. 1 (performing artist: Giles & Fripp Giles)

One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (performing artist: Honey Cone)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: No

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Tableware in Sets Containing No Articles Plated with Precious Metal: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Memnoch the Devil (Vampire Chronicles, No 5) (reference)

  • Mental Disorders, Alcohol-And Drug-Related Problems: International Perspectives on Their Diagnosis and Classification (Intl Congress Series, No 669) (reference)

  • Anomalous Diffusion: From Basics to Applications: Proceedings of the Xith Max Born Symposium Held at Ladek Zdroj, Poland, 20-27 May 1998 (Lecture no (reference)

  • Potential Theory on Infinite-Dimensional Abelian Groups (De Gruyter Studies in Mathematics, No 21) (reference)

  • The Physics of Big Sample Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (Delft Studies in Integrated Water Management , No 5) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Alexander & The Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day (reference)

  • Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection (Bus Stop / How to Marry a Millionaire / There's No Business Like Show Business / Gentlemen Prefer Blondes / The Seven Year Itch / The Final Days) (reference)

  • Humorously Challenged No More (reference)

  • AC/DC - No Bull (Live Plaza De Toros De Las Ventas, Madrid) (reference)

  • The Man With No Name Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  • SSERVER 6022PIB 2U BLK-6 IDE E7500 NO HD NO CPU (reference)

  • Idea 12487-04G Green 132 Column 14IN No Returns Allowed (reference)

  • Simple Technology 2MB Sram Card PCMCIA1 - No Attributes (reference)

  • Transition Networks Twinax Balun RJ45 Active Pins 1&2 No Pigtail (reference)

  • Bc-20 Black Refill Kit 3 Fills No Needles for Canon (reference)

    (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

  

Consumer Goods

  • Kenyon Tools 12001 Lake Rake with One 50' Line No Weight Tube (reference)

  • Bosch 1657B 7-1/4" Pivot Foot Saw with Brake, No Case (reference)

  • Panasonic EY6225C 3.6-Volt Drill/Driver with Auto Shut-off Clutch and No Charger (reference)

  • P-T Templet 1218M-NPA No Parking Sign (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: No

Photos:
No

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Illustrations:
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Computer Images:
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Photo Album: No

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Pictured is a white nude mouse. The mouse is being held in the rubber-gloved hand of a technician. Nude mice, because of a genetic defect, have no thymus and cannot make certain cells essential for various immune responses. Because of this, they are extremely helpful to scientists working in Immunology Research. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Seen is a normal mole with no asymmetry. Part of the ABCDs for detection of melanoma. See artwork: WYNTK-15b. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

In the year 2000, the U.S. reported 7369 cases of rabies in animals, of which 6.1% of these cases were foxes. During the same year no human cases were reported to the CDC. Credit: CDC.

Schistosoma mansoni schistosomulum at epidermal/dermal junction of a naive C57Bl/6 mouse 24 hrs after exposure. No inflammatory response is seen. Histopathology, parasite. Credit: CDC.

Viking 2 image of the region around the "Inca City". Viking 2 alsoimaged the region, but no evidence of the feature was visible in this image fromorbit 225. It has been enhanced to bring out the details (noise reduced andcontrast enhanced). The resolution of the original image is 0.544 km/pixel andis centered at -81.56 degrees latitude and 69.82 degrees longitude. Reproducedfrom volume 55 of theMission to Mars: Viking Orbiter Images of Mars CD-ROM set. Credit: NASA.

Sorenson's engraving pantograph Fig. No. 27, Report of Superintendent ... 1867. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

20 centimeter theodolite Plate II, Fig. No. 8, Appendix No. 8, Report of Superintendent ... 1894, p. 276. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

"Honolulu and Its Fringing Reef", Plate VI. In: "Coral Reefs of the Hawaiian Islands" by Alexander Agassiz. April 1889. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard College. Vol. XVII. No. 3. Library Call Number G161 A26. Credit: America's Coastlines.

"Eastern Side of the Entrance to Honolulu Harbor", Plate VII. In: "Coral Reefs of the Hawaiian Islands" by Alexander Agassiz. April 1889. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard College. Vol. XVII. No. 3. Library Call Number G161 A26. Credit: America's Coastlines.

South Pole Station on a day without a horizon, near "white out" conditions. Flags mark path. One would literally feel like walking in a bowl of milk. There was no surface definition and one had to walk with bent knees because impossible to determine if surface was uneven. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: No
 

"Fogo no Céu" by Sebas Cardoso
Commentary: "Este é o pôr do sol visto de minha porta!."		"Say no to drugs" by B M
Commentary: "It is a real skull :)."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "No".

PlayCaption
The open to Bach's "The Well-Tempered Clavier No. 1".
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: No

AuthorQuotation

Camille Desmoulins

Burning is no answer.

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

No; no; not a sixpence.

Francis Quarles

No cross no crown.

Miguel De Cervantes

Miracle me no miracles.

Napoleon Bonaparte

A true man hates no one.

Oliver Cromwell

Necessity has no law.

Thomas Carlyle

Nature admits no lie.

Thomas Fuller

Old foxes want no tutors.

Thomas Gray

A favorite has no friend!

William Shakespeare

Words pay no debts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: No

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay, right or justice. (reference)

John Locke

1690

No body can deny but the nourishment is his. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Constitution

1791

Clause 3: No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. (reference)

US Bill of Rights

1795

Amendment III. No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. (reference)

Amendment to US Constitution

1795-1992

The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. (reference)

Marbury v. Madison

1803

Between these alternatives there is no middle ground. (reference)

Communist Manifesto

1848

The working men have no country. (reference)

The Emancipation Proclamation

1862

Whereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom." (Abraham Lincoln)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

No dirigible shall be kept. (reference)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

This is no time for generalities, and I will venture to be precise. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: No

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

There was no reason to suppose Mr. Elton thought at all differently from his wife

A Grief Observed

C.S. Lewis

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear

Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

You talkee you no sabey what

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Scrooge had often heard it said that Marley had no bowels, but he had never believed it until now.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams

Well, no, not married as such, but yes, there is a specific girl that I'm not married to.

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognise his enemy when the latter actually appeared

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

No glorious future dreamed of alighting upon this solitary old man.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

No matter how many or how foul the sins if only you repent of them they will be forgiven you.

Time Enough for Love

Robert Heinlein

A generation which ignores history has no past and no future

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

You have no cause

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: No

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

No club drug is benign. (references)

No humans were infected. (references)

No. OHS cannot be cured. (references)

Business

Domestic banks pay no income tax. (references)

No weighting is used in this average. (references)

The PA has no special import provisions. (references)

Children

Georgia

Outside of Tbilisi, no such facilities exist. (references)

Luxembourg

No such activities were reported during the year. (references)

Sri Lanka

No cases are known to have been filed under this law. (references)

Civil Liberties

Mexico

No one has been arrested. (references)

Nepal

No injuries were reported. (references)

Gambia

No subsequent action was taken. (references)

Discrimination

Kiribati

Society is fundamentally egalitarian and has no privileged class. (references)

Congo

Ethnic and regional differences continued; however, there was no organized civil violence during the year. (references)

Namibia

Nujoma also declared that homosexuals would not be allowed to enter the country; however, there were no reports of such incidents. (references)

Economic History

Norway

No changes are expected. (references)

Iceland

Iceland has no railroads. (references)

Argentina

No maximum is prescribed. (references)

Human Rights

Bulgaria

No new statistics were available. (references)

Honduras

No prison directors upheld the order. (references)

India

No court may overturn such a decision. (references)

Indigenous People

Taiwan

The sale of Aborigine children into prostitution by their parents reportedly no longer occurs. (references)

India

No outsiders are allowed to own land in the tribal areas without approval from tribal authorities. (references)

Malaysia

The indigenous people of the Borneo states have no special government department dedicated to their concerns. (references)

Minorities

Haiti

The law makes no distinction based on race. (references)

Saudi Arabia

No such cases were reported during the year. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Police had no suspects in the case at year's end. (references)

Political Economy

DENMARK

Denmark has no "Buy Danish" laws. (references)

JAMAICA

No free zone factory is unionized. (references)

SWEDEN

No capital or exchange controls remain. (references)

Political Rights

United Arab Emirates

No observers had been named by year's end. (references)

Lebanon

No woman has ever held a cabinet position. (references)

Liberia

No major legislation was enacted during the year. (references)

Trade

Japan

Japan has no free trade zones. (references)

Dominican Rep

No export licenses are required. (references)

Brazil

No interest coverage is offered. (references)

Travel

Qatar

Qatar is no exception. (references)

Moldova

No invitation is necessary. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Saudi officials make no exceptions. (references)

Women

United Arab Emirates

No accurate statistics are available. (references)

Tanzania

No updated statistics were available at year's end. (references)

Burundi

No known court cases have dealt with the abuse of women. (references)

Worker Rights

Romania

Housing is no longer subsidized. (references)

Kuwait

No health insurance system exists. (references)

Luxembourg

No local NGO's deal with the problem. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

INFALAPSARIAN, n. One who ventures to believe that Adam need not have sinned unless he had a mind to -- in opposition to the Supralapsarians, who hold that that luckless person's fall was decreed from the beginning. Infralapsarians are sometimes called Sublapsarians without material effect upon the importance and lucidity of their views about Adam. Two theologues once, as they wended their way To chapel, engaged in colloquial fray -- An earnest logomachy, bitter as gall, Concerning poor Adam and what made him fall. "'Twas Predestination," cried one -- "for the Lord Decreed he should fall of his own accord." "Not so -- 'twas Free will," the other maintained, "Which led him to choose what the Lord had ordained." So fierce and so fiery grew the debate That nothing but bloodshed their dudgeon could sate; So off flew their cassocks and caps to the ground And, moved by the spirit, their hands went round. Ere either had proved his theology right By winning, or even beginning, the fight, A gray old professor of Latin came by, A staff in his hand and a scowl in his eye, And learning the cause of their quarrel (for still As they clumsily sparred they disputed with skill Of foreordination freedom of will) Cried: "Sirrahs! this reasonless warfare compose: Atwixt ye's no difference worthy of blows. The sects ye belong to -- I'm ready to swear Ye wrongly interpret the names that they bear. You -- Infralapsarian son of a clown! -- Should only contend that Adam slipped down; While you -- you Supralapsarian pup! -- Should nothing aver but that Adam slipped up. It's all the same whether up or down You slip on a peel of banana brown. Even Adam analyzed not his blunder, But thought he had slipped on a peal of thunder! G.J.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: No

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George W. Bush

2001-2005If this is not evil, then evil has no meaning.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: No

"No" is generally used as an article -- approximately 65.27% of the time. "No" is used about 209,721 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Article65.27%136,88175
Interjection32.39%67,927129
Adverb (general)1.04%2,1764,027
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.89%1,8584,584
Noun (singular)0.28%58010,911
Unclassified Items0.12%24918,850
Noun (proper)0.02%4849,194
                    Total100.00%209,721N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: No

The following table summarizes the usage of "no" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons		Rank in USA
NoLast name30025,272
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: No

"No" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "stirring up", "forbidding".
 
The following table summarizes names derived from the word "no".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
IchabodN/ABiblical

No glory

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: No

Expressions using "no": a closed mouth catches no flies ♦ a fair field and no favor ♦ a hungry belly has no ears ♦ a pobreza no hay verguenza ♦ a rolling stone gathers no moss ♦ a thousand times no ♦ ad in no sense ♦ ad on no account ♦ admit of no excuse ♦ all talk and no cider ♦ Allerest No Drowsiness [OTC] ♦ ame no kawa ♦ and no mistake ♦ any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no ♦ at no costs ♦ At no hand ♦ at no time ♦ be no end disappointed ♦ be no good ♦ be no great shakes ♦ be no mean player ♦ be no more ♦ be no respecter of persons ♦ be no slouch at smth. ♦ be no use ♦ be of no avail ♦ be of no value ♦ be under no apprehension ♦ be up to no good ♦ bear no enmity ♦ bear no relation to ♦ bear no resemblance to ♦ bearing no interest ♦ because it is no longer needed ♦ because it's no longer needed ♦ become no longer necessary ♦ break no bones ♦ brook no delay ♦ but me no buts ♦ by no manner of means ♦ by no mean ♦ by no means ♦ by no means! ♦ come no nearer! ♦ considering as no importance ♦ cut no ice ♦ cut no ice with smb. ♦ death is no respecter of wealth ♦ die and make no sign ♦ do no harm ♦ fair field and no favor ♦ fair field and no favour ♦ fila de bolhas no arame ♦ find no issue out of ♦ find no quarter ♦ for no apparent reason ♦ for no particular reason ♦ for no reason ♦ for no reason at all ♦ from no one ♦ get no ♦ get no change out of smb. ♦ get no forrader ♦ give no quarter ♦ give no respite ♦ give smb. no peace ♦ give