Meaning of N95 | Babel Free

Definitions

1. N95; Ellipsis of NIOSH N95.
   uncountable
2. The N95 standard.
   uncountable
3. An N95 filter.
   countable

Examples

““One-way masking works,” Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious-disease specialist at Johns Hopkins University, said. When he is treating tuberculosis patients, they are typically maskless, and he wears an N95 mask to protect himself.”

“Unlike cloth masks, high-quality masks — called N95s, KN95s and KF94s — are made with layers of high-tech filtering material that trap at least 94 to 95 percent of the most risky particles.”

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