Usually means: Unit of measurement for brightness.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. nit: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. NIT, nit: Merriam-Webster
  3. nit, nit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. NIT, nit, nit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nit: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nit: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nit, nit: Wordnik
  8. nit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. nit: Wiktionary
  10. nit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. nit: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. nit: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. NIT: Dictionary.com
  14. nit: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. nit: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. NIT, Nit (unit), Nit (unit of information), Nit: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Nit: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. nit: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. nit: Rhymezone
  20. Nit: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. nit: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. NIT: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. Nit: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  24. nit: FreeDictionary.org
  25. nit: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. NIT: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nit-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nit: CCI Computer
  2. Webopedia (No longer online)
  3. NIT: Hacking Lexicon
  4. nit: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. nit: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Nit: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Nit (unit), nit: Medical dictionary
  6. Nit: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. NIT: Acronym Finder
  2. NIT: Three Letter Words with definitions
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. nit: Idioms

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)
  3. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nit (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. nit, nit, nit, nit: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. nit: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  4. N.I.T, N.I.T, NIT, n'it: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nit: Lighting Design Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The egg of a louse.
noun:  A young louse.
noun:  (UK, Ireland, slang) A head louse regardless of its age.
noun:  (UK, slang) A fool, a nitwit.
noun:  A minor shortcoming; the object of a nitpick.
noun:  A nitpicker.
verb:  (MLE) To have the modus vivendi of a drug addict, to live the life of a nitty.
noun:  A candela per square metre.
noun:  Synonym of nat (“logarithmic unit of information”)
noun:  (poker) A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style.

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