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  • 61Near Term - NT — A period of time referring to a short time into the future. Near team is used to describe events that may occur soon. In finance, the term is often used to explain the timeframe during which an event or change is expected to occur. It can mean… …

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  • 62near-miss — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun : a miss (as with a bomb) close enough to the target to cause damage; broadly : something that falls just short of complete success * * * near miss «NIHR MIHS», noun. 1. a) the failure to make a direct hit on a target or other… …

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  • 63near to someone's heart — close/dear/near/to someone’s heart phrase very important or interesting to someone a topic that is obviously very close to his heart Thesaurus: importantsynonym Main entry …

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  • 64Near-extremal black hole — In theoretical physics, a near extremal black hole is a black hole which is not far from the minimal possible mass that can be compatible with the given charges and angular momentum. The calculations of the properties of near extremal black holes …

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  • 65near-death experience — noun the experience of being close to death but surviving • Hypernyms: ↑experience * * * noun, pl ⋯ ences [count] : an occurrence in which a person comes very close to dying and has memories of a spiritual experience (such as meeting dead friends …

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  • 66Near edge X-ray absorption fine structure — NEXAFS (Near Edge X ray Absorption Fine Structure) is an element specific electron spectroscopic technique which is highly sensitive to bond angles, bond lengths and the presence of adsorbates. It is widely used in surface science and has also… …

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  • 67damn it, as near as —  Very near.    ♣ He came as near as dammit to scoring …

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  • 68dammit, as near as —  Very near.    ♣ He came as near as dammit to scoring …

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  • 69Very Large Array — Astron. a set of 27 radio telescopes arranged in a Y shaped pattern, each arm of which is approximately 13 mi. (21 km) long, and located near Socorro, N.M.; computer processed data from the set provide high resolution images of distant… …

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  • 70near the mark — close to/near/the mark phrase almost correct His guess was very close to the mark. Thesaurus: inexact and inaccuratesynonym Main entry: mark …

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