| N |
Explanation |
Location/Reference/Context as appropriate |
| NA |
Numerical Aperture |
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| Naas |
Network as a Service |
Cloud computing |
| NaBasCo |
Nature Based Composites |
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| NAC |
National Advisory Committee |
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| NACA |
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics |
US federal agency |
| NADCAP |
National Aerospace and Defence Contractors Accreditation Program |
now trading as NADCAP |
| NADiS |
Nested Array with Displaced Sensors |
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| NAFEMS |
National Agency for Finite Element Methods and Standards | |
| NAIAS |
North American International Auto Show |
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| NAIC |
National Automotive Innovation Centre. |
WMG/JLR/TATA METC |
| NAIMS |
Naval Authority Information Management System(s) | |
| NAMAS |
National Measurement Accreditation Service |
UK NPL |
| NAMTEC |
National Metals Technology Centre |
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| NaN |
Not a Number |
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| NANDO |
New Approach Notified and Designated Organisations information system |
European Commission |
| NAO |
National Audit Office |
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| NAP |
National Adaptation Programmes |
... for mitigation of climate change in countries of UK |
| NAS |
Naval Air Squadron |
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| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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| NASES |
National Association of Student Employment Services |
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| NATEP |
National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme |
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| NATEX |
Natural Aligned fibres and TEXtiles for use in Structural Composite Applications |
European Commission Framework Programme 7 project 2008-2012 |
| NATG |
Naval Authority and Technology Group | |
| NATS |
National Aerospace Technology Strategy |
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| NATS |
National Air Traffic Services |
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| NAW |
National Apprenticeship Week |
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| NB | norbornene | |
| nBA | n-butyl acrylate | |
| NBBA | New Building Block Approach |
Bjorn Backman: Composite Structures, Design, Safety and Innovation, 2005. |
| NBC |
Naval Base Commander |
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| NBED |
Nano-Beam Electron Diffraction | |
| NBOEG |
2-(oligo ethylene glycol)-3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-1H-4,7-methanoisoindole-1,3(2H)-dione |
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| NBR |
Poly(acryloNitrile-co-Butadiene) copolymer R-group rubber |
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| NBS |
National Bureau of Standards |
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| NBS |
Nature-based solutions |
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| NCAM |
National College for Advanced Manufacturing |
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| NCAMP |
National Center for Advanced Materials Performance |
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| NCATS |
Non-Contact Acousto-Thermal Signature |
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| NCC |
Nano Crystalline Cellulose |
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| NCC |
National Composites Centre |
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| NCC |
Natural Capital Committee |
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| NCCEF |
National Composite Certification and Evaluation Facility |
Northwest Composites Centre at Manchester University |
| NCCOL |
National Composites Centre Operations Limited |
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| NCDMM |
National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining |
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| NCE |
New Chemical Entities |
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| NCF |
Non-Crimp Fabric |
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| NCH |
National Composites Hub |
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| NCI |
Natural Capital Index |
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| NCJD |
National Centre for Jute Diversification |
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| NCMT |
Norwegian Circular Material Technology | |
| NCN |
National Composites Network |
Cambridge - United Kingdom |
| NCP |
National Contact Point |
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| NCP |
Nature’s contribution to people |
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| NCPS |
Non-Cellulosic PolySaccharides |
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| NCS |
National Corrosion Service |
National Physical Laboratory |
| NCSTE |
National Centre of Science and Technology Evaluation |
JSC Kazakhstan |
| NCTL |
National College for Teaching and Leadership |
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| NDA |
Natural Defect Artefacts |
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| NDA |
Non-Disclosure Agreement |
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| NDA |
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority |
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| NDASP |
National Defence & Aerospace Systems Panel |
London - United Kingdom |
| NDC |
Nationally Determined Contributions |
Paris Agreement 2015 within UNFCCC/'Paris Rulebook' |
| NDD |
Non-Detectable Damage |
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| NDE |
Non-Destructive Evaluation or Non-Destructive Examination |
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| NDF |
Neutral Detergent Fibre |
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| NDI |
Non-Destructive Inspection |
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| NDIC |
National Defence Industry Council |
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| NDIC |
Neighbourhood Development and International Cooperation Instrument | |
| NDITS |
National Defence Industry Technology Strategy |
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| NDOT |
Nevada Department of Transportation |
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| NDPB |
Non-Departmental Public Body |
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| NDS |
National Design Specification |
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| NDT |
Non-Destructive Testing |
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| NDVI |
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
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| NDWACT |
Non-Destructive Waste Assay Computed Tomography |
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| NEA |
Net Energy Analysis |
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| NEDC |
New European Driving Code |
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| NEET |
Not in Education, Employment or Training |
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| NEM |
Natural Element Method |
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| NEMS |
Nanoscale Electrical-Mechanical Systems |
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| NEO |
New [aircraft] Engine Options |
Airbus |
| NEOF |
NERC Environmental Omics Facility | |
| NEPC |
National Engineering Policy Centre |
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| NEPIC |
North East of England Processing Industry Cluster |
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| NERC |
Natural Environment Research Council |
Swindon - United Kingdom |
| NES |
Naval Engineers Standards |
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| NESHAP |
National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants |
US EPA standards |
| NEST |
(United Kingdom) Naval Engineering Science and Technology (Forum) |
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| NESTA |
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts |
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| NETD |
Noise Equivalent Temperature Difference |
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| NET-GP |
Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics for Glassy Polymers |
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| NEW-MMEETT |
New Materials and Methods for Energy Efficient Tidal Turbines |
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| NEWS |
Non-linear Elastic Wave Spectroscopy |
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| NEXAFS |
Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine structure Spectroscopy |
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| NF |
Natural Fibre |
Designation used in recycle marks for polymers |
| NFB |
Number of Fibre Breaks |
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| NFC |
NanoFibrillated Cellulose |
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| N-FEM |
NURBS-based (isogeometric) finite element method | |
| NFO |
Norway Fish Oil ethyl ester |
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| NFPC |
Natural Fibre Reinforced Polymer composite |
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| NFRC |
Natural Fibre Reinforced Composites |
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| NFRP |
Natural Fibre Reinforced Plastics |
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| NFT |
Non-Fungible Token |
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| NGAD |
Next Generation Air Dominance | |
| NGCC |
Network Group for Composites in Construction |
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| NGCW |
Next Generation Composite Wing |
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| NGI |
Next Generation Internet |
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| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organisation |
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| NGP |
Nano Graphene/Graphite Platelets |
also abbreviated to GNP |
| NGS |
National Gardens Scheme | |
| NGS |
Next Generation Sequencing | |
| NGSA |
Next Generation Single Aisle aircraft |
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| NHT |
Nano Hardness Tester |
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| NIACE |
Northern Ireland Advanced Composites and Engineering Centre |
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| NIAECC |
Northern Ireland Advanced Engineering Competence Centre |
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| NIAMS |
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases |
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| NIAR |
National Institute for Aviation Research |
Wichita KS - USA |
| NIC |
Non-metallic Innovation Centre |
partnership between TWI Ltd, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Saudi Aramco Technologies Company (SATC). |
| NICD |
National Innovation Centre for Data |
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| NICE |
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence |
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| NICER |
National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research |
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| NICTAS |
National Information Centre for Textiles and Allied Subjects |
Ahmedabad - India |
| NIES |
National Institute for Environmental Studies |
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| NIJ |
National Institute of Justice |
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| NILE |
New Improvements for Ligno-cellulosic Ethanol |
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| NIMBY |
Not In My Back Yard |
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| NIMU |
Non-Invasive Monitoring Unit |
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| NINFET |
ICAR-National Institute of Natural Fibre Engineering and Technology |
ICAR = Indian Council of Agricultural Research |
| NIOSH |
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
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| NIP |
Non-Injection Point (when the viscosity exceeds 800-1000 mPas in LCM) |
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| NIPAAM | N-isopropylacrylamide | |
| NIPAm | N-isopropylacrylamide | |
| NIPU | Non-Isocyanate PolyUrethane | |
| NIPUA |
Non-Isocyanate Polyurethane Acrylate |
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| NIR |
Near InfraRed (Reflectance/Spectroscopy) |
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| NIRJAF |
National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology |
Kolkata - India |
| NIRS |
Near Infra Red Spectroscopy |
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| NISP |
National Industrial Symbiosis Programme |
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| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
United States equivalent of
UK National Physical Laboratory |
| NL |
National List |
Permitted Crops within a specific country |
| Nlac |
Neisseria lactamica |
nose drop with genetically modified “friendly” bacteria to prevent meningitis and septicaemia. |
| NLCCA |
NonLinear Canonical Correlation Analysis |
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| NLF |
Natural Laminar Flow |
European Clean Sky Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft program |
| NLFEA |
Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis |
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| NLS |
Non-linear Least Squares |
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| NLT |
Nail-Laminated Timber |
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| NLT |
Natural Land Transformation |
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| NLTP |
Natural Land Transformation Potential |
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| NMA |
Nadic Methyl Anhydride (accelerator for epoxy resin) |
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| NMA |
New Midmarket Airplane |
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| NMA |
New Midsize Airplane |
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| NMAB |
National Materials Advisory Board |
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| NMBP |
Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing |
Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018-2020 |
| NMC |
Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt oxide | cathodes in Li-ion batteries |
| NMFR |
Natural FerroMagnetic Resonance | |
| NMIS |
National Manufacturing Institute Scotland | |
| NMITE |
New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering |
City of Hereford. Hands-on degrees. No lecture halls. No traditional exams. |
| NMMA |
National Marine Manufacturers Association |
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| NMMO |
N-Methyl Morpholine-N-Oxide |
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| NMP |
N-Methyl Pyrrolidone |
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| NMP |
Nitroxide-mediated polymerisation | |
| NMR |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
Chemical spectroscopy/non-destructive testing |
| NMR-MoUsE |
NMR-Mobile Universal Explorer |
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| NMR-R |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance - Relaxometry |
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| NORFACE |
New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Co-operation in Europe |
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| NMSE |
Normalised-Mean-Square-Error |
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| NSMMS |
National Space and Missile Materials Symposium |
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| NMT |
Natural fibre Mat-reinforced Thermoplastic composites |
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| NMVOC |
Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compound(s) |
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| NNC |
New Natura Concept |
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| NNFCC |
National Non-Food Crops Centre |
York Science Park |
| NNS | Near Net Shape | |
| NOAEL |
No Observable Adverse Effect Level |
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| NOC |
National Oceanography Centre |
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| NOCS |
National Oceanography Centre Southampton |
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| NoE |
Network of Excellence |
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| NOL |
Naval Ordnance Laboratory |
Now Naval Surface Weapons Center |
| NOM |
Natural Organic Materials |
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| NONA |
No-Oven No-Autoclave composite tooling |
NASA |
| NORFACE |
New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Co-operation in Europe |
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| NORM |
Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials |
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| NOS |
National Occupational Standards |
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| NOSM |
Near-field Optical Scanning Microscopy |
also abbreviated to SNOM |
| NOTS |
Nodal Optimisation of Truss Structures |
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| NOTU |
Number Of Tests Undertaken |
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| NOV |
National Oilwell Varco |
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| NOVCOMPS |
Novel Low Impact Polymer Matrix Composites |
LINK CIMNFC, June 2002-July 2004 |
| NOVO |
Number Of Valid Observations |
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| NOX |
Nitrogen Oxides |
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| NP | nanoparticle | |
| NPCNF | NewsPaper Cellulose Nano Fibre | |
| NPD | Norwegian Petroleum Department | |
| NPG | neo pentyl glycol | |
| NPDGE | neopentane diol diglycidylether | |
| NPL |
National Physical Laboratory | |
| NPQ | Non-Photochemical Quenching | |
| NPR | Negative Poisson's ratio (auxetic) | |
| NPR | Non-Photorealistic Rendering | |
| NPRS | Megative Poisson’s Ratio Structure | |
| NPU | Negative Pressure Unit | |
| NPV | Net Present Value | |
| NQTP | National Quantum Technologies Programme | |
| NR | Natural Rubber: poly(cis-isoprene) R-group rubber |
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| NRADP |
Non-Renewable/Abiotic Resource Potential (EICF) |
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| NRC |
Non-Recurring Costs |
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| NRD |
Non-Reconstructed Defective nanotubes |
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| NREL |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
United States |
| NRHB |
Non-Random lattice fluid Hydrogen Bonding |
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| NRKE |
National Rural Knowledge Exchange |
consortium of 14 English Universities and Colleges |
| NRN |
Nature Recovery Network |
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| NRS | [US] National Recycling Strategy | |
| NRUS | Nonlinear Resonance Ultrasound Spectroscopy | |
| NSA | National System on Accounts | |
| NSA | Non-State, and subnational, Actors | |
| NSIB-FEM | Non-segmentation image-based finite element modeling |
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| NSIRC |
National Structural Integrity Research Centre |
Joint initiative between TWI, Brunel University, Manchester University, University of Cambridge and TWI Industrial Member organisations |
| NSR |
Noise-to-Signal Ratio |
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| NSS |
Normal Sea State |
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| NSSM |
Non-Steady State Migration diffusion |
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| NSWG |
Natural Systems Working Group |
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| NTA | N-thiocarboxyanhydride | |
| NTC | Negative temperature coefficient |
a measure of the response of thermistors |
| NTFS |
National Teaching Fellowship Scheme |
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| NTNU | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
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| NTOFS |
National Traumatic Occupation Fatality Survey |
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| NTP |
National Toxicology Program |
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| NTPMI | National Technology Platform for Materials Innovation |
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| NTPT |
North Thin Ply Technology |
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| NTRM |
Natural Textile Reinforced Mortar | |
| NUCC |
Nottingham University Composites Club |
Nottingham University |
| NULA |
Non-Uniform Linear Array |
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| NURBS |
Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines |
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| NUTS |
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics |
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| NVDA |
Non Violent Direct Action |
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| NVO | N-vinyl pyrrolidone | |
| NVZ | Nitrate Vulnerable Zone | |
| NW | NanoWire | |
| NWA | NanoWire Arrays | |
| NWAA |
NorthWest Aerospace Alliance |
Nelson - Lancashire |
| NWE |
North West Europe |
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| NWHS |
Natural World Heritage Sites |
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| NWTC |
National Wind Technology Centre |
United States |
| NXCT |
National X-ray Computed Tomography facility |
University of Manchester |
| NZC |
Net-Zero Carbon |
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| NZEH |
NetZero Energy Homes |
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| NZH |
Net Zero Hubs |
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| NZHF |
Net Zero Hydrogen Fund |
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