"NPN" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: NPNs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} NPN (plural NPNs)
  1. (electronics) Short for NPN transistor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: NPN transistor Categories (topical): Electronics
    Sense id: en-NPN-en-noun-u0189dKO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 23 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 16 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 21 12 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (biology) Initialism of non-protein nitrogen. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: non-protein nitrogen Categories (topical): Biology
  3. (chemistry) Initialism of N-propyl nitrate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: N-propyl nitrate Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-NPN-en-noun-Vvkv8-RS Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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