Nit

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NIT or Nit or nit or Nits can refer to:-

• A common name for various types of lice eggs. See head lice, pubic lice, Pediculosis.
• Trivial change made by a nitpick (slang)
• Negative income tax, a proposed tax system popular amongst economists.
• A derogatory term typical of non-American English, indicating foolishness, as in "nit-wit".
• A unit of luminance, the nit is a non-SI name for the candela per square metre
• The National Invitation Tournament
• National Institutes of Technology, India
• The Ancient Egyptian goddess Nit -- Goddess of weaving, war, hunting and the Red Crown, creator deity, mother of Ra.
• A mistake found in a television episode, movie, book, etc. usually concerning a fact that is stated in one location that contradicts information stated in another location.
• A term used among poker players describing a player who is generally tight with money, and unwilling to involve herself in situations which are not clearly to her advantage
• A unit of information, nit (Boulton and Wallace, 1970), known in some subsequent literature as the nat.
• The Nits, a Dutch art rock group

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