NIB


Meaning of NIB in English

— niblike , adj.

/nib/ , n.

1. the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.

2. a penpoint for insertion into a penholder.

3. a point of anything: a cutting tool with a diamond nib.

4. a bill or beak, as of a bird; neb.

5. any pointed extremity.

6. Metall.

a. a piece of sintered tungsten carbide used as a die for drawing wire or the like.

b. (in powder metallurgy) a compact at any stage of its manufacture.

[ 1575-85; perh. var. of NEB; cf. D nib, MLG nibbe (var. of nebbe ) beak, ON nibba sharp point. See NIBBLE ]

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