nit

noun9

1. •
   The egg of a louse.
2. •
   (UK, slang) A fool, a nitwit.
3. •
   A young louse.
4. •
   (UK, Ireland) A head louse regardless of its age.
5. •
   A minor shortcoming; the object of a nitpick.
6. •
   A candela per square metre.

   • This brightness of this LCD screen is between 900 and 1000 nits.
7. •
   A nitpicker.
8. •
   A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style.
9. •
   Synonym of nat (“logarithmic unit of information”).

verb1

1. •
   (slang) To have the modus vivendi of a drug addict, to live the life of a nitty.

noun1

1. •
   (India) Abbreviation of National Institute of Technology.