Near Field Communication

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a short-range wireless communication system that uses radio waves to enable a phone or other mobile device to interact with another device or card reader: Near Field Communication essentially lets your phone replace your credit cards.Abbreviation: NFC

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Origin of Near Field Communication

First recorded in 2000–05

Words nearby Near Field Communication

near-death experience, near-earth object, Near East, Nearer Tibet, nearest and dearest, Near Field Communication, near gale, near-infrared radiation, Near Islands, nearly, near-market research

Example sentences from the Web for Near Field Communication

Certainly, she seems to command near-total devotion among her clients.
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The eating disorder field remains divided over the potential efficacy of such measures.
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“He was a brave field commander and an expert in intelligence, and in organizing popular and tribal forces,” said the eulogist.
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Occasionally a pamphlet for a salsa class might be tossed on a doorstop or stuck on a pole near a bus stop.
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While the world fixated on Ukraine and Syria, a near-genocide ripped through central Africa, to little international fanfare.
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He distinguished himself in several campaigns, especially in the Peninsular war, and was raised to the rank of field marshal.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
The two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.
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We had six field-pieces, but we only took four, harnessed wit twice the usual number of horses.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
There were two battalions, together about a thousand men; and they brought a field-piece with them.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various

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