"N95" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: N95s [plural]
Etymology: Initialism of Not resistant to oil particles with 95% filtration efficiency in NIOSH air filtration ratings. Etymology templates: {{init|en|Not resistant to oil particles with 95% filtration efficiency}} Initialism of Not resistant to oil particles with 95% filtration efficiency Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} N95 (countable and uncountable, plural N95s)
  1. N95; Ellipsis of NIOSH N95.
    (uncountable) The N95 standard.
    Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-N95-en-noun-Fm-BD3k8
  2. N95; Ellipsis of NIOSH N95.
    (countable) An N95 filter.
    Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-N95-en-noun-GHZVzOvC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: R95 (english: oil-resistant filter standard), P95 (english: oil-proof filter standard), HEPA, ULPA, KF94, KN95 Coordinate_terms: R99, P99, N99 (99% filtration), R100, P100, N100 (99.97% filtration)

Inflected forms

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