What (who) is NOT - definition
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NOT; Not (disambiguation)
not
¦ adverb
1. (also n't joined to a preceding verb) used chiefly with an auxiliary verb or 'be' to form the negative.
2. used as a short substitute for a negative clause.
3. used to express the negative of other words.
used with a quantifier to exclude a person or part of a group.
less than.
4. used in understatements to suggest that the opposite of a following word or phrase is true: not a million miles away.
informal, humorous following and emphatically negating a statement: that sounds like quality entertainment-not!
¦ noun (NOT)
1. a logical operation which gives the value zero if the operand is one, and vice versa.
2. [as modifier] Electronics denoting a gate circuit which produces an output only when there is no input signal.
Origin
ME: contr. of nought.
NOT
<logic> The Boolean function which is true only if its input
is false. Its truth table is:
A | NOT A
--+----------
F | T
T | F
(1996-11-04)
NOT
1. a logical operation which gives the value zero if the operand is one, and vice versa.
Pronunciation examples for NOT
1. not Harvard, not MIT, not Stanford, not
Exploring Exponential Technologies _ Peter Diamandis _ Talks at Google
2. It's not, not, not about you failing.
Gym-timidation - How to Overcome It _ Roz Mays _ Talks at Google
3. Yes, yes, yes, notes, notes, notes.
Broadway's Tootsie _ Talks at Google
4. Not tonight,
not tomorrow, not ever.
The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
5. not form, not function, not structure,
ted-talks_2797_JustinDavidson_2017S-320k
Examples of use of NOT
1. There must not be a single poor person in Israel – not a Moroccan, not a Pole, not an Arab, not an old person and not a young person.
2. No one is safe; not Iraqis, not Westerners, not men, not women.
3. Not abortion, not same–sex marriage, not national security, not terrorism.
4. Not funny, not clever, not satirical, not surreal, just toe–curlingly embarrassing.
5. Not Haim Ramon, not Yossi Beilin, not Amir Peretz and not Avrum Burg.