Nap 703959 216260288 2008-05-31T21:14:56Z 70.254.63.7 {{wiktionary|nap}} '''Nap''' (as a non-acronym) can refer to: * A short [[sleep]]. ''See also:'' [[power-nap]], [[siesta]], [[catnap]], [[polyphasic sleep]], [[Inemuri]]<!--When there is a main article about napping, link to that and remove these.--> * A variety of texture concepts: :* <span id="Textile">The direction</span><!--Don't delete this #link please; used in actual articles. --> in which the strands of hair or [[fur]] are oriented on the skin of an animal or human body; or similarly, the direction of the pile in a [[carpet]] or other textile such as [[baize]].<!--When there is a main article for this concept, please remove the extra links here.--> :* Strong [[Natural hair|curl in hair]] or fur; adjective: "nappy" :* [[nap (textile)|Nap]] is also a term for the raised (fuzzy) surface of certain kinds of cloth, such as flannel and velvet :* A measure of the thickness of a [[paint]] roller * A British [[horse racing]]/betting term for the best bet advised by an expert on a given day (from the [[Napoleon (coin)|Napoleon]] &ndash; the most valuable French coin at the time the phrase was first used.)<!--When there is a main article for this concept, please remove the extra links here.--> * The card game also known as [[Napoleon (card game)|Napoleon]] * An obscure word for a small [[Forest|wooded area of land]], e.g. "down in the nap" * An equestrian term for a horse disobeying its rider and refusing to go forward; it hangs back or tries to return to its stable or other horses. The most extreme expression is [[rearing]]. '''NAP''' (or '''nap''' as an acronym) may stand for: * [[Naples International Airport]], IATA airport code * [[National Academies Press]] of the USA * [[National Action Party]] of some Latin American and other countries * A [[National Action Plan for Children]] (UNO) * A [[National Action Plan on the Elimination of Child Labour|National Action Plan]] on the elimination of child labour * [[National Alliance Party]], a political party of Papua New Guinea * [[National Allocation Plan]], part of the [[European Union Emission Trading Scheme]] * [[National Association of Parliamentarians]], a non-profit association of professional parliamentarians * [[Neapolitan language]] (ISO 639 alpha-3 code: '''nap''') * [[Nebraska AIDS Project]] * [[Network Access Point]] * [[Network Access Protection]] * [[Network Against Prohibition]] * Neutral Access Point, more commonly known as [[Internet Exchange Point]] * [[New African Poets]], a French hip hop/rap group. * [[New Azerbaijan Party]], the ruling political party in Azerbaijan. * [[Nocturnal Art Productions]], a metal, especially black metal, record label * [[Non-aggression pact]], an agreement between two nations that they are not to attack each other regardless of the allegiances of third nations * [[Non-aggression principle]], an ethical prohibition against the initiation of force * [[Normaal Amsterdams Peil]] or Normalnull, a Western European vertical datum for recording flood or sea water level * "Not applicable", as used in [[banking]] (in other contexts it is more often abbreviated "n/a" or "n.a.") * [[Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico]] (''Programa de Asistencia Nutricional''), a United States Federal assistance program for nutritional needs of impoverished families in Puerto Rico. '''Naps''' or '''NAPS''' may refer to: * [http://www.websciences.org/bibliosleep/naps/ New Abstracts and Papers in Sleep], a website where one can find papers on sleep research, and sign up for notification about ''new'' such papers * A nickname for the [[Cleveland Indians]], a Major League Baseball team in Ohio * [[Naval Academy Preparatory School]] for the U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Coast Guard Academy * [[National Association for the Prevention of Starvation]] - Student missionary group based at Oakwood College * [[Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service]] - an [[Aboriginal people in Canada|Aboriginal Canadian]] police force in Ontario, Canada. * [[North American Precis Syndicate]] - feature releases distributor ==See also== * [[Nappy (disambiguation)]] {{disambig}} [[de:NAP]] [[eo:NAP]] [[fr:NAP]] [[it:NAP]] [[nl:NAP]] [[ksh:NAP (Watt ėßß datt?)]]