"NOT" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: NOTs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} NOT (plural NOTs)
  1. (mathematics, logic) A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true. Synonyms: ¬, !, ~, ˈ Derived forms: NAND, NOR, XNOR Translations (NOT): NON [masculine] (French), Nicht (German), NOT (notto) (Japanese), 否定 (hitei) (Japanese)

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