nist

1. 1.

   an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs

   SynonymsNational Institute of Standards and Technology

   Broaderagency

   Part ofTechnology Administration

Other forms of nist

plural

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Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nist

What does nist mean?

nist means "an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs".

How many syllables are in nist?

nist has 1 syllable: nist. In IPA it is /ˈnɪst/.

What is another word for nist?

Close synonyms include National Institute of Standards and Technology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nist a common word?

nist is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.