NEAR or Near may refer to:
People
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Thomas J. Near, US evolutionary ichthyologist
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Near, a developer who created the
higan emulator
Science, mathematics, technology, biology, and medicine
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National Emergency Alarm Repeater
The National Emergency Alarm Repeater (NEAR) was a civilian emergency warning device in the United States. It was a 2–3" (5–7.5 cm) square box designed to plug into a standard power outlet to receive a special signal sent over the elect ...
(NEAR), a former alarm device to warn civilians of a foreign nuclear attack on the United States
* National Emergency Airway Registry (NEAR), a
patient registry Disease or patient registries are collections of secondary data related to patients with a specific diagnosis, condition, or procedure, and they play an important role in post marketing surveillance of pharmaceuticals. Registries are different from ...
for intubations in the United States
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Nicking enzyme amplification reaction Nicking Enzyme Amplification Reaction (NEAR) is a method for '' in vitro'' DNA amplification like the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). NEAR is isothermal, replicating DNA at a constant temperature using a polymerase (and nicking enzyme) to expo ...
(NEAR), a method of DNA amplification
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NEAR Protocol, a layer-1 blockchain
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NEAR Shoemaker, a spacecraft that studied the near-Earth asteroid Eros
* Nearness or
proximity space
*"Near", a city browser by
NearGlobal
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Near space, the upper atmosphere below outer space
Television, film, music, and books
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Near (Death Note), ''Nate River'', a character
Other uses
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Near v. Minnesota, a U.S. press freedom Supreme Court decision
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New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame
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