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INS en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of isolated neutron star.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of inertial navigation system.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of iodine number saponification.

Forms

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INSs Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

IRS · IRU · INU

Source: en.wiktionary, “INS” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

INS en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism) Initialism of Immigration and Naturalization Service.
    • I began to call the INS regularly to check up on the status of my application. I got the proverbial "run-around," and this effort only confirmed my suspicion that the INS was sitting on my application. 1986, Gilberto Gerald, “With My Head Held Up High”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology:
    • Rudi Dekkers of Huffman Aviation, where Atta, 33, and Al-Shehhi, 23, first trained in July 2000, showed the yellow INS forms to CNN during an interview Monday. Dekkers said he was surprised to get the forms at such a late date. 2002 March 12, Mark Potter, Rich Phillips, “Six months after Sept. 11, hijackers' visa approval letters received”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2019:
  2. (India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Indian Naval Ship.

Relateds

RRAT (star) · HMIS · pulsar (star) · SGR (star) · magnetar (star) · AXP (star)