NEC

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NEC

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  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of not elsewhere classified, used in classification codes such as Standard Industrial Classification, International Standard Classification of Occupations, DSM-IV-TR, DSM-5, ICD-9, and ICD-10.

proper noun

  1. UK, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of National Exhibition Centre, the largest exhibition space in the United Kingdom.
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of National Executive Committee, a leadership body of a political party. the NEC of the UK Labour Party
  3. abbreviation, acronym, historical, initialism Abbreviation of Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. (renamed to NEC in 1983.)
  4. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of National Electrical Code
  5. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Northeast Corridor

noun NECs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism Initialism of near-Earth comet
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of net explosive content

    Similar: net explosive content, NEQ

  3. abbreviation, uncountable Abbreviation of null energy condition

    Similar: null energy condition

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Closest in meaning: enc, price, toshiba, nsc, nca, nrc, eac, minus, ncc, sna, cen, essary, cne, liw, nsg, not

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@misc{nec_2026,
  title = {NEC},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nec},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}