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Near-Earth asteroid — Near Earth asteroids (NEAs) are asteroids whose orbits are close to Earth s orbit. All near Earth asteroids spend part of their orbits between 0.983 and 1.3 astronomical units away from the Sun. Some near Earth asteroids orbits intersect Earth s… … Wikipedia
near miss — near misses also near miss 1) N COUNT You can say that there is a near miss when something is nearly hit by another thing, for example by a vehicle or a bomb. Details have been given of a near miss between two airliners over southern England… … English dictionary
Near miss (safety) — See Close Call, for the 2002 film. A near miss is an unplanned event that did not result in injury, illness, or damage – but had the potential to do so. Only a fortunate break in the chain of events prevented an injury, fatality or damage; in… … Wikipedia
Near-miss Johnson solid — In geometry, a near miss Johnson solid is a strictly convex polyhedron, where every face is a regular or nearly regular polygon, and excluding the 5 Platonic solids, the 13 Archimedean solids, the infinite set of prisms, the infinite set of… … Wikipedia
near miss — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms near miss : singular near miss plural near misses 1) an occasion when an accident or injury almost happens, but does not Some Australian climbers had a near miss at the summit. 2) an occasion when something… … English dictionary
near-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… … Useful english dictionary
Near miss — may refer to: Near miss (safety), an unplanned event that did not result in injury, illness, or damage but had the potential to do so Near Earth object, an asteroid or meteorite that barely misses the earth or another body Near miss Johnson solid … Wikipedia
near miss — ► NOUN 1) a narrowly avoided collision. 2) a bomb or shot that just misses its target … English terms dictionary
near miss — noun 1》 a narrowly avoided collision. 2》 a bomb or shot that just misses its target … English new terms dictionary
National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System — Founded August 12, 2005 (2005 08 12) Location Fairfax, Virginia U.S. Area served Worldwide Focus To enhance the safety culture of the fire and emergency service … Wikipedia
Maternal near miss — A maternal near miss (MNM) is an event in which a pregnant woman comes close to maternal death, but does not die – a near miss . Traditionally, the analysis of maternal deaths has been the criteria of choice for evaluating women’s health and the… … Wikipedia
