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English word origin

Etymology of nef

Borrowed from French nef. Doublet of nave and nau.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

An extravagant table ornament and container used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, made in the shape of a ship.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from French nef. Doublet of nave and nau.

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  • Borrowed-form mentionneffr
  • Doublet mentionnaveen
  • Doublet mentionnauen
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
adj

Of a line bundle on a complete algebraic variety over a field: such that the degree of its restriction to every algebraic curve in the variety is non-negative.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Short for numerically effective; introduced by Miles Reid.

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