Definition of nix Nix
/nɪˈks/ - [niks] - nix
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| nix - a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" | ||
| nothing, nil, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo | ||
| relative quantity a quantity relative to some purpose | ||
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| nix - command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" | ||
| forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow | ||
| countenance, permit, let, allow consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" | ||
| require, command make someone do something | ||
| ban prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building" | ||
| debar, bar, exclude prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" | ||
| enjoin issue an injunction | ||
| criminalise, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw, criminalize declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S." | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- nix (fem.)
One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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nix
To make something become nothing. -
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To tell not to do something.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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niks, n. (Teut. myth.) a water-spirit, mostly malignant.—Also Nix′ie, Nix′y. [Ger. nix; cf. Nicker.] -
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niks, n. nothing: (U.S.) in the postal service, anything unmailable because addressed to places which are not post-offices or to post-offices not existing in the States, &c., indicated in the address—usually in pl. [Ger. nichts, nothing.] -
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niks, interj. a roughs' street-cry of warning at the policeman, &c
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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Nothing.
Wikipedia 
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moon
Nix is a non-spherical moon of Pluto. It was found along with Hydra in June 2005 by the Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team, composed of Hal A. Weaver, S. Alan Stern, Max J. Mutchler, Andrew J. Steffl, Marc W. Buie, William J. Merline, John R. Spencer, Eliot F. Young, and Leslie A. Young.
The discovery images were taken on May 15, 2005 and May 18, 2005; the moons were independently found by Max J. Mutchler on June 15, 2005 and Andrew J. Steffl on August 15, 2005. The discoveries were announced on October 31, 2005, after confirmation by precoveries from 2002. The moons were designated S/2005 P 1 (Hydra) and S/2005 P 2 (Nix).
The moon follows a circular orbit in the same plane as Charon. Its orbital period of 24.9 days.
Although its size has not been directly measured, the moon is calculated to have a diameter of between 46 km, if its reflectivity is similar to Charon's 35%, and 137 km, if it has a reflectivity of 4%, like the darkest Kuiper Belt Objects. Nix is slightly fainter than Hydra, suggesting that it is somewhat smaller in size. In the discovery image, Nix is 6,300 times fainter than Pluto.
Early research appeared to show that Nix was reddish like Pluto and unlike the other moons, but more recent reports have been that it is grey like the remaining moons.
Nix is to be visited along with Pluto by the "New Horizons" mission in 2015.
The formal name "Nix", from the Greek goddess of darkness and night, and mother of Charon, was announced on June 21, 2006 on
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