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What does NEC stand for?

North Equatorial Current


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New England Conservatory of Music (since 1867; in Boston, Massachusetts)
New England Council
New to Exporting Companies (Canada)
Niagara Escarpment Commission (Canada)
Nijmeegse Eendrachts Combinatie
Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. (Japan; now simply NEC)
Non-Elective Contribution (to a qualified retirement plan)
North Eastern Coalfields (India)
Northeast Center for Agricultural and Occupational Health
Northeast Conference
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Northeast Corridor
Northern European Command
Not Elsewhere Classified
Not Even Close (band)
Not Even Considered
Nu Energy Collective
Nuclear Energy Commission

Samples in periodicals archive:
The entrance to the Gulf of California (from 18[degrees]N to 24[degrees]N and 104[degrees]W to 112[degrees]W) is located in the convergence zone of the North Pacific Gyre, where the California Current separates from the coast to feed the North Equatorial Current.
Retroflection eddies appear to carry a significant volume of South Atlantic water northward into the North Atlantic, short-circuiting the longer route around the gyre formed by the North Equatorial Countercurrent and the North Equatorial Current.

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