What is "n-"

pre. (context lang=en organic chemistry) normal-form of a functional group, being the long-chain form (unbranched chain)

The italicized letter n is used in mathematics to denote an arbitrary number (usually an integer).

• n-ary associativity
• n-ary code
• n-ary group
• n-back
• n-body problem
• n-category
• n-category number
• n-connected
• n-curve
• n-dimensional space
• n-dimensional sequential move puzzle
• n-electron valence state perturbation theory (NEVPT)
• n-entity
• n-flake
• n-gram
• n-group
• n-monoid
• n-player game
• n-skeleton
• n-slit interferometer
• n-slit interferometric equation
• n-sphere
• n-vector
• n-vector model