Cn


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CN, Cn, cn and other variants may refer to:

Companies

Media and entertainment

  • Cartoon Network, US TV channel
    • List of international Cartoon Network channels

Places

  • China, a sovereign state located in East Asia, ISO 3166 country code CN
  • CN Centre, an arena in Prince George, British Columbia
  • CN Tower, communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario
  • Station code for Cirebon railway station

Mathematics, science, and technology

Biology

  • Computational neuroethology, the study of animal behavior and its control by the nervous system
  • Cranial nerves, CN 0 to CN XII

Chemistry

  • CN gas, a substituted acetophenone used as a riot control agent
  • Copernicium, a chemical element with symbol Cn and atomic number 112
  • Cyanide, any chemical compound that contains a carbon atom triple-bonded to a nitrogen atom, -CN
  • Cyanogen, a colorless, toxic gas with a pungent odor, (CN)2

Computing

Mathematics

  • Cn (mathematics), a classical root system
  • cn (elliptic function), one of Jacobi's elliptic functions

Other uses in mathematics, science, and technology

  • Carrier-to-noise ratio C/N, the signal-to-noise ratio of a modulated signal
  • Curve number, a parameter used in hydrology for predicting direct runoff or infiltration from rainfall
  • cN, abbreviation for centinewton, a force equal to one hundredth of a newton
  • Classical nova, a type of cataclysmic variable star

Other uses

  • Cn (digraph), a digraph used in English for a few words of Greek origin
  • Cnaeus or Gnaeus, a popular Roman praenomen
  • Combined Nomenclature, EU customs coding
  • Vehicle registration code for County Cavan, Ireland
  • Vehicle registration code for Province of Cuneo, Italy
  • Group CN a category of prototype racing cars.

See also

  • CNN, an American basic cable and satellite television channel
  • All pages with titles beginning with Cn
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