NEAR or Near may refer to:
People
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Thomas J. Near
Thomas J. Near is an American evolutionary Ichthyology, ichthyologist who is currently a Professor and Chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University as well as the Bingham Oceanographic Curator of Ichthyology at t ...
, US evolutionary ichthyologist
* Near, a developer who created the
higan emulator
Science, mathematics, technology, biology, and medicine
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National Emergency Alarm Repeater (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 for intubations in the United States
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Nicking enzyme amplification reaction (NEAR), a method of DNA amplification
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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
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
''Near v. Minnesota'', 283 U.S. 697 (1931), was a List of landmark court decisions in the United States, landmark decision of the US Supreme Court under which prior restraint on publication was found to violate Freedom of the press in the United S ...
, a U.S. press freedom Supreme Court decision
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New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame
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