NI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ni mean? 

• NI (noun)
  The noun NI has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: NI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 28; Ni; nickel

Hypernyms ("Ni" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Holonyms ("Ni" is a substance of...):

garnierite (a green mineral consisting of hydrated nickel magnesium silicate; a source of nickel)

millerite (a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel)

pentlandite (a mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel)

smaltite (a grey mineral consisting of cobalt arsenide and nickel; an important source of cobalt and nickel)

 Context examples 

During an El Niño event, warm sea surface temperatures spread across the tropics.

(Ocean temperatures may hold key to predicting tornado outbreaks, NOAA)

In October, La Niña’s presence started to be felt, as global temperatures cooled from the record warm conditions experienced earlier in the year.

(Last month tied as 3rd warmest October on record for the globe, NOAA)

The study showed that El Niño can result in simultaneous crop failures in different parts of the world, with certain regions particularly at risk.

(El Niño linked to widespread crop failures, SciDev.Net)

The finding strongly suggests that warming of the region associated with El Niño activity initiated the current retreat.

(West Antarctica's largest glacier may have started retreating as early as the 1940s, NSF)

While 2017 may only emerge as the third warmest year on record, scientists predict it will beat out the competition for warmest year without a warming El Niño.

(World Meteorological Org.: Arctic Warming Appears Irreversible, VOA)

The research also helps answer another question: why phytoplankton growth declined during the 2013-2016 El Niño, while giant kelp flourished.

(Giant kelp switches diet when key nutrient becomes scarce, National Science Foundation)

Besides the MJO life cycle, Taschetto notes that there are many other climate phenomena, such as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Indian Ocean Dipole, which can together affect regional rainfall differently.

(Global disasters linked to warming Indo-Pacific seas, SciDev.Net)

An acronym for El Niño Southern Oscillation.

(ENSO, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

An element with atomic symbol Ni, atomic number 28, and atomic weight 58.69.

(Nickel, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, found that the warmer water was driven into the area by winds associated with two global climate patterns: La Niña and the less-known Southern Annular Mode, which involves a change in location of the belt of winds that encircles Antarctica.

(Wind, Warm Water Revved Up Melting Antarctic Glaciers, NASA)