nef

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An extravagant table ornament and container used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, made in the shape of a ship.
adj
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/nɛf/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nef.wav

Word forms

nef nefs

Etymology

Borrowed from French nef. Doublet of nave and nau.

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