The period of Near Eastern history from the 4th millennium BC until the Muslim conquests.

Of or pertaining to the Ancient Near East.

(astronomy) a comet having a period of revolution shorter than 200 years and a perihelion distance smaller than 1.3 au

plural of near-Earth comet

(phonology) A pair of words differing by a few (but more than one) phonetic segments or suprasegments, used to suggest a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme may be valid.

(astronomy) A small Solar System body (ie. asteroid, comet, or large meteoroid) whose orbit brings it into proximity with Earth's orbit.

plural of near-minimal pair

A sensation of detachment from one's body, the presence of a tunnel of light, the apparent viewing of one's own body from on high, and similar manifestations, experienced by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function.

plural of near-Earth object

plural of near field communication