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AN.

A set of sizes for screw threads agreed upon and jointly used by the United States Army and Navy.

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noun
  1. A set of sizes for screw threads agreed upon and jointly used by the United States Army and Navy.

    US · uncountable
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Derived from the first letters of army and navy.

noun
  1. Initialism of author's note or authors' note.

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  2. Initialism of antinatalism.

    abbreviation · alt-of · initialism · uncountable
  3. Initialism of antinatalist.

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  1. Initialism of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: a union territory of India.

    abbreviation · alt-of · initialism
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