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NPL

British  

abbreviation

  1. National Physical Laboratory

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The NPL, which is the official UK body for setting measurement standards, concluded that accuracy levels had improved considerably in the latest versions of the software.

From BBC Jan. 26, 2024

But the spectroscopic analysis at NPL also showed evidence of an independent blue-light sensing.

From Science Daily Sep. 21, 2023

"Those were my ancestors," beams Clinton, whose maternal relatives still own and operate a farm in Divide County, "three farms over'' from where the NPL was conceived. "

From Salon Oct. 30, 2021

The GAO report said that 551 of the NPL sites are located in flood hazard areas, 160 are located in coastal hazard areas and 117 are found in wildfire hazard areas.

From Reuters Nov. 18, 2019

“We’ll have to wait longer about the NPL listing,” said George Martin, one of the assistant U.S. attorneys who prosecuted Gilbert and Roberson.

From Washington Post Apr. 24, 2019

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