Hei is the Norwegian word for "Hi" or "Hello". It is less formal than for example "God Dag" Which means Good Day.
It may also refer to:
Companies and organizations
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HEI Hospitality
HEI Hotels & Resorts is a hospitality owner and operator based in Norwalk, Connecticut. Founded by brothers Gary and Steve Mendell, HEI owns and manages over 90 full service, upper-upscale and luxury hotels and resorts throughout the United States ...
, an American hotel owner and operator
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Hawaiian Electric Industries
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI; ) is the largest supplier of electricity in the state of Hawaii, supplying power to 95% of Hawaii's population through its electric utilities: Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Hawai'i Electric Light Comp ...
, the largest supplier of electricity in the state of Hawaii
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Health Effects Institute, a non-profit focused on the health effects of air pollution
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HEICO
HEICO Corporation is an aerospace and electronics company that focuses on niche markets.
HEICO’s products are found in aircraft, spacecraft, defense equipment, medical equipment, and telecommunications systems.
HEICO's Flight Support Group i ...
, HEI is the stock symbol for HEICO Corporation
In education
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Higher education
Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completi ...
institution
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Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, or the Geneva Graduate Institute (french: Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement), abbreviated IHEID, is a government-accredited postgraduate institution ...
(French: '), in Geneva, Switzerland
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Hautes études d'ingénieur
, mottoeng = en, Engineers for the World
, established = 1885
, closed =
, type = Private Grande École
, affiliation =
, endowment =
, budget = 17,75 M€
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, an engineering school in Lille, France
In language
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He (letter)
He is the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Hē , Hebrew Hē , Aramaic Hē , Syriac Hē , and Arabic . Its sound value is the voiceless glottal fricative ().
The proto-Canaanite letter gave rise to the Greek Epsilon Ε ...
, the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets
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Heiltsuk-Oowekyala language
Heiltsuk-Oowekyala is a Northern Wakashan (Kwakiutlan) language spoken in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, spoken by the Wuikinuxv (Oweekeno) and Heiltsuk peoples. It has two dialects, Heiltsuk (Bella Bella) ...
, spoken in Canada
Places
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Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...
, a province of China
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Hei District, Chiba, a former administrative unit of Japan
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Hei Glacier
Hei Glacier () is a glacier flowing northwest between the Hamrane Heights and the Robin Heights in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–39). It ...
, in Antarctica
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Hei River
Ejin River (), also Etsin Gol, Ruo Shui () or Ruo He in ancient times, is a major river system of northern China. It flows approximately from its headwaters on the northern Gansu side of the Qilian Mountains north-northeast into the endorheic ...
, in China
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Heide–Büsum Airport
Heide–Büsum Airport (german: Flugplatz Heide-Büsum) is an airport serving Heide, a town in the Dithmarschen district in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The airport is located northeast of Büsum, a town located about southwest of H ...
, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Heighington railway station
Heighington is a railway station on the Tees Valley Line, which runs between and via . The station, situated north-west of Darlington, serves the villages of Aycliffe and Heighington in County Durham, England. It is owned by Network Rail an ...
, in England
In science and technology
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Healthy Eating Index
The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, created on December 1, 1994, to improve the health and well-being of Americans by establishing national dietary guidelines based on the best s ...
, a measure of diet quality
* High-efficiency incandescent, a type of
incandescent light bulb
An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a wire filament heated until it glows. The filament is enclosed in a glass bulb with a vacuum or inert gas to protect the filament from oxida ...
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High energy ignition
High energy ignition, also known as H.E.I., is an electronic ignition system designed by the Delco-Remy Division of General Motors. It was used on all GM vehicles, at least in the North American market, from 1975 through the mid-1980s. There wer ...
, an automotive ignition system
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High explosive incendiary
In warfare, high-explosive incendiary (HEI) is a type of ammunition specially designed to impart energy and therefore damage to its target in one or both of two ways: via a high-explosive charge and/or via its incendiary (fire-causing) effects. ...
, a type of ammunition
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Hot-carrier injection
Hot carrier injection (HCI) is a phenomenon in solid-state electronic devices where an electron or a “hole” gains sufficient kinetic energy to overcome a potential barrier necessary to break an interface state. The term "hot" refers to the e ...
, a principle in the function of solid-state electronic devices
* Human-environment interaction, or
Environmental sociology
Environmental sociology is the study of interactions between societies and their natural environment. The field emphasizes the social factors that influence environmental resource management and cause environmental issues, the processes by whic ...
Other uses
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''Hei'' (album), 2015 album by Norwegian duo Marcus & Martinus
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Hei (''Darker than Black''), protagonist of the 2007 anime
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Qi, in traditional Chinese culture, a principle forming part of any living thing (Cantonese: ''hei'')
See also
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Hiei (disambiguation)
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