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National Institute of Standards and Technology

National Institute of Standards and Technology

4.6
A US government agency that sets rules for measurements and helps science and technology progress
  • proper noun
  • Formal
translation icon : Instituto Nacional de Estándares y Tecnología
  • Hans Soons, a program manager at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md., spelled out his own definition of smart machine tools with five major points.
  • NIST

Examples

  • In an attempt to defend against information breaches, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) outlined nine categories of imminent cyber threats against which the private and public sectors should be prepared to defend.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colo., are also working on this kind of sensor technology for pigs.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Still, NASA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology gain little.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The Advanced Technology Program is administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Development of the Sunrise was funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Program and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

    Academic text (1999)

  • All sensors are dead weight calibrated with standards traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

    Academic text (2001)

  • During his long association with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, di Marzo has contributed to fire safety science with his study of dropwise evaporative cooling.

    Academic text (2001)

  • NIST.COM/KIDS, sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), gives older elementary and middle school students a fun opportunity to learn about measurement, science, and technology.

    Academic text (2001)

  • If autopart information on dimensional specifications and tolerances could flow easily and glitch-free from part design to final part inspection, automakers and their suppliers could save hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, MD.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The National Institute of Standards and Technology ensures that measurements and technologies are developed based on rigorous standards.

Synonyms

NIST
vsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Specialized
5.2

A United States government agency that makes standards for measurement and technology

is the same agency but named in full rather than the short form

Surface Forms

National Institute of Standards and Technology main

Morphology

national + institute + of + standard + and + technology

The phrase is fully compositional: ‘national’ + ‘institute’ + ‘standards’ + ‘technology’ (connected by functional words) transparently describes an organization concerned with country-level standards and technological matters. A B1 learner who knows the constituents can reasonably infer it names an institute dealing with standards and technology—likely a government agency—so the meaning is directly derivable from its parts.

Etymology

National Institute of Standards and Technology comes from its job: it is the country's National research Institute that creates Standards, or 'official ways to measure things' like time and weight, and works on Technology. That's why the name means a government body that sets measurements and helps science and industry.