On

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On, on, or ON may refer to:

  • Ontario, Canada
  • A switching state, contrasted with off (state)
  • "being" in ancient Greek
    • Ontology, a branch of philosophy that deals with the concept of being (on)
  • ON, the postnomial abbreviation used by members of the Jamaican Order of the Nation
  • ON, the postnomial abbreviation for Old Nottinghamian, a person who attended or worked at Nottingham High School
  • On, a transliteration of the Egyptian name of the city of Heliopolis
  • On, (Genesis 41:45), connected with "Potipherah, priest of On" (where On may refer to Heliopolis or an Egyptian deity)
  • ON Semiconductor, a leading supplier of power management solutions
  • Old Norse, a North Germanic language commonly referenced in etymology
  • Osteonectin, a glycoprotein
  • osteonecrosis
  • Overground Network, a railway scheme in South London
  • Nintendo On, a fake video game console
  • Air Nauru, IATA airline designator ON
  • ITV Digital, a failed British digital television service originally named ONdigital
  • Leg side, in the game of cricket
  • The On'yomi reading of Japanese kanji characters

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