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/nee-doz n. the point directly underneath the observer; the point oppos it to the zenzth. nainsook ’noon,suk, ’noon-sok. a cotton fabric, a kind of muslin or jaconet of East Indian errgin, sometimes used in making kites. nausea ‘nc:-So9 n. a feeling of sickne with inclination to vomit; seasickne . navigable ‘nzvigoa-bat adj. 4. admitting of being navigated; affording pa age for airships: said of the air or atmosfere. 2. capable of being navigated or guided; steerable; dir1- gible: as, a *navigable balloon.: navigate ‘nzvi,get v. 4. tr. sail or drive: as, to *navzrgate a balloon. 2. tr. sail in or thru: as, to *navigate the air. 3. inti. sail or travel thru the air or atmosfere. © navigating-level ‘nxvi-getinjevol n. a herrzental tract or level, in the atmosfere, which 1s adapted for aerial navigating or sailing: as, the rnversion *navigating-level. navigation nevi’gee-Son m. the action of navigating; the practis or art of pa ing or trav-lang thru the air; airs sailing. aerial navigation, see under aerial. navigator ‘nzvi,getoz ». one who navigates; a pilot or one of the crew of an airship or flyer; an airzsailor; an aeronaut. near-ground ’n1:z,gzaund adj. taking place near the ground; conducted at a low altitude above the land-surface; close to the ground: as, *near-ground flights. neck nek n. the narrow or constgrcted part at the lower end of the gasbag of a balloon, thru which the inflating-gas 1s introduced, and which is often left open while voyaging; the tail. open neck, the neck of a balloon as left open or unclosed, as is sometimes the case when incomplete inflation of the gasbag 1s empleyd: as, the *open-neck scheme. neck-pipe ‘nek,parp n. a pipe or tube fitted xznto the neck of a balloon. needle-hole ‘nii-di,hoot 7. one of the holes in a balloon envelop or gasbag, made by the needle in sewing the gores together. negotiate nz’go0-Si,et tr. manage, handle: as, to *negotiate a curv; *negotiating airzcurrents. neon ‘nii,en n. an elementary gas, a constituent of the atmosfere, disco verd by Ramsay about 1898. neo optile,ni-o’soptzt n. [also spelt neo optil] one of the soft fethers of a newly hatcht bird, as contrasted with a fether of a mature type. nephological,nefo’ted31-kot adj. [also spelt nefological] pertaining to nefelogy; relating to clouds or cloud-ne . nephologist nix’fete-d3zist n. [also spelt nef ologist] one skild in nefelogy; a student of the clouds. nephology nz’fets-d3i1 n. [also spelt nefology] the science of the clouds; cloud-study. me pho scope ‘nef a,skop n. [also spelt nefoscope] an rnstrument for observing cloud-motion and determinrng the altitude of clouds and the velecrty and direction of their movement. Abbe’s marine nephoscope, a nefoscope designed for observing the motions of the clouds at sea. Aimé’s nephoscope, a nefoscope for showing the altzrtude of the clouds; a reflectrng anemometer. Be on’s zenithal nephoscope, a mnefoscope especially adapted for observations near the zenzth. vanishing-point nephoscope, a nefoscope designed for quickly observing the vanishing-point and radiation-point for the motion of clouds which are moving in parallel directions. nephoscopic,nefo’skepzk adj. [also spelt nefoscopic] of, or made by means of, the nefoscope: as,, *nefoscepic ebservations. nephoscopist nz’fesko-pist n. [also spelt nefoscopist] a student of nefescopy; a nefelogzst. nephoscopy nz’feska-pz n. [also spelt nefoscopy] scientific ebservation of the clouds; nefelogy. nervulet /ng:z-vio-tot m. a l1ttle nervure, rn an insect’s wing.