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'''n/a''' or '''N/A''' is a common [[abbreviation]] in [[Table (information)|table]]s and lists for ''not applicable'',<ref name="ODA">{{cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations|year=1998|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191733987.001.0001/acref-9780191733987-e-4211?rskey=pPOO9c&result=1&q=n/a | publisher=Oxford University Press | accessdate=2010-11-14}} ''Available online to subscribers and also in print''</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22n%2FA%22+%22not+applicable%22&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1 Google books search: "N/A Not applicable"]</ref> ''not available'' <ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22n%2FA%22+%22not+available%22&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1 Google Books search: "N/A Not available]</ref> or ''no answer''.<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22n%2FA%22+%22no+answer%22&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1 Google Books search "N/A No answer"]</ref> It is used to indicate when information in a certain table cell is not provided, either because it does not apply to a particular case in question or because the answer is not available. |
'''n/a''' or '''N/A''' is a common [[abbreviation]] in [[Table (information)|table]]s and lists for ''not applicable'',<ref name="ODA">{{cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations|year=1998|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191733987.001.0001/acref-9780191733987-e-4211?rskey=pPOO9c&result=1&q=n/a | publisher=Oxford University Press | accessdate=2010-11-14}} ''Available online to subscribers and also in print''</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22n%2FA%22+%22not+applicable%22&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1 Google books search: "N/A Not applicable"]</ref> ''not available'' <ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22n%2FA%22+%22not+available%22&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1 Google Books search: "N/A Not available]</ref> or ''no answer''.<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22n%2FA%22+%22no+answer%22&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1 Google Books search "N/A No answer"]</ref> It is used to indicate when information in a certain table cell is not provided, either because it does not apply to a particular case in question or because the answer is not available. |
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N/A is also widely used as an acronym for the naturally aspirated automotive engine type. Opposed to forced induction. |
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Revision as of 12:34, 19 October 2013
Look up n/a in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
n/a or N/A is a common abbreviation in tables and lists for not applicable,[1][2] not available [3] or no answer.[4] It is used to indicate when information in a certain table cell is not provided, either because it does not apply to a particular case in question or because the answer is not available.
References
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. Oxford University Press. 1998. Retrieved 2010-11-14. Available online to subscribers and also in print
- ^ Google books search: "N/A Not applicable"
- ^ Google Books search: "N/A Not available
- ^ Google Books search "N/A No answer"
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