Crossword clues for nixie
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nixie \Nix"ie\, n.
See Nix.
Nothing. [Slang]
(U. S. Mail Service) A piece of mail matter which cannot be delivered, either because no post office exists at the place to which is it addressed, or because there is no place of the name mentioned in the designated State, Territory, or the like. [Cant]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"water fairy," 1816 (introduced by Sir Walter Scott), from German Nixie, from Old High German nihhussa "water sprite," fem. of nihhus, from Proto-Germanic *nikwiz (cognates: Old Norse nykr, Old English nicor "water spirit, water monster," also used to gloss hippopotamus; Grendel's mother in "Beowulf" was a nicor), perhaps from PIE *neigw- "to wash" (cognates: Sanskrit nenkti "washes," Greek nizo "I wash," Old Irish nigid "washes").
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 alt. A female nix, a water-spirit. n. A female nix, a water-spirit. Etymology 2
n. A piece of mail returned as undeliverable.
Wikipedia
Nixie may refer to:
- Nixie tube, a gas-filled electron tube once in use as an alphanumeric display
- Neck (water spirit) or Nixie, a mythical water creature in Germanic folk tales
- Melusine or Nixie, a mythical feminine spirit of fresh waters in sacred springs and rivers
- Nixie (Dungeons & Dragons), a creature from Dungeons & Dragons
- AN/SLQ-25 Nixie, a torpedo decoy
- Nixie (postal), a piece of undeliverable mail, or the postal marking on such a piece of mail
- Nixie, one of the three main mermaids in Mako Mermaids
- Nixie (drone), a wearable camera-equipped drone
- Nixie, a character from Lego's Bionicle franchise
A Nixie is a name given by the United States Postal Service to a piece of mail which is undeliverable as addressed. It is derived from "nix", English slang for the German nichts ("nothing"), and "-ie", an item or a thing. ("Nix" used in English c. 1780-1790, "Nixie" c. 1880-1885.)
In the 20th century, the term "Nixie clerk" referred to a postal employee who tried to figure out what to do with undeliverable items, which were not just poorly addressed mail, but ranged from torn-open envelopes of photographs, even to lost and found wallets dropped into a mailbox. More recently, the USPS National Change of Address (NCOA) Service provided data to mailers with scoring on how close a match the name and address are to something actually forwardable or deliverable, which were referred to as "Nixie Codes".
The USPS distinguishes a Nixie from other address errors in that the mail piece is always returned to the sender, whereas a change of address could either be forwarded or returned to the sender with a correction or notification. In the early 21st century the word began to be printed in the upper left corner of yellow labels generated by the USPS's Postal Automated Redirection System (PARS).
With the advent of e-mail messages, the term receives wider use, and address changes are registered in what may be called the "Nixie list".
Nixie is a small camera-equipped drone that can be worn as a wrist band. Nixie can be activated to unfold into a quadcopter, fly in one of its pre-programmed modes to take photos or a video, and then return to the user. Competing against more than 500 other participants, Nixie's developers became the winning team in the development track of the Intel's Make It Wearable competition on November 3, 2014, thus securing $500,000 in seed funding to develop Nixie into a product. The developers stated their goal to develop the drone into the next generation of point-and-shoot cameras.
, the device was in development and was not commercially available.
Usage examples of "nixie".
Mom had even put child codes on all the household AutoChefs so the only thing Nixie or her brother, Coyle, could program was health sludge.
With her hand over her mouth again, her eyes bright with laughter, Nixie scooted, angled her head.
It felt awkward holding a child, but Eve wrapped her arms around Nixie and got to her feet.
But when Eve tried to peel Nixie away, the child only wrapped herself tighter.
Resigned, and wary, she carted Nixie down to the first floor, looked for a neutral spot, and settled on what looked like a playroom.
Still wearing the bloodied nightshirt, Nixie ran in, and threw herself at Eve.
Their daughter Nixie was overlooked, and is now under protective custody.
She flicked a glance toward the table and benches where Nixie had been.
And she imagined Nixie creeping in, the excitement of a child hoping to catch adults in a forbidden act.
One takes the boygoing in as Nixie crawls across the hall behind them.
Dallas, Lieutenant Eve, in interview with Swisher, Nixie, minor female, with Mira, Dr.
He plucked Nixie straight up and into his arms, holding her, stroking her, and saying her name even when she struggled and slapped at him.
She went directly to the closet, opened it, did a complete search while Nixie watched her.
The only logical motive for grabbing Newman would be for information on Nixie Swisher.
As she jogged down the stairs, pulled her jacket on, Nixie came out into the foyer.