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• (the) nearest thing to something — the nearest thing to something phrase used when something does not exist in a particular place or situation and you are referring to the thing that is most similar to it It was the nearest thing to a home that he had ever had. She described… …   Useful english dictionary

• The Nearest Faraway Place — Infobox Single Name = The Nearest Faraway Place Artist = The Beach Boys from Album = 20/20 Released = April 20, 1970 Format = Vinyl Recorded = June 20, 1968 Genre = Pop music Length = 2:39 Label = Capitol Records Producer = Bruce Johnston Chart… …   Wikipedia

• the nearest thing to something — used when something does not exist in a particular place or situation and you are referring to the thing that is most similar to it It was the nearest thing to a home that he had ever had. She described prison as the nearest thing to hell on… …   English dictionary

• to the nearest pound — to the nearest pound/thousand/etc phrase if you calculate an amount to the nearest pound thousand etc, you give the number closest to it which can be divided evenly by a pound 1,000 etc The bill came to £13.08 but they rounded it down to the… …   Useful english dictionary

• to the nearest thousand — to the nearest pound/thousand/etc phrase if you calculate an amount to the nearest pound thousand etc, you give the number closest to it which can be divided evenly by a pound 1,000 etc The bill came to £13.08 but they rounded it down to the… …   Useful english dictionary

• to the nearest — used to indicate the number of pounds, dollars, etc., that is closest to a slightly higher or lower number or amount What is the weight of your baggage to the nearest pound? $13.75 rounded up to the nearest dollar is $14. • • • Main Entry: ↑near …   Useful english dictionary

• (to) the nearest … — to the nearest… idiom followed by a number when counting or measuring approximately • We calculated the cost to the nearest 50 dollars. Main entry: ↑nearidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• Nearest neighbor search — (NNS), also known as proximity search, similarity search or closest point search, is an optimization problem for finding closest points in metric spaces. The problem is: given a set S of points in a metric space M and a query point… …   Wikipedia

• Nearest relative — The nearest relative is a designated relationship defined in the legislation of England and Wales through the Mental Health Act 1983, as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007[1]. It is the duty of the Approved Mental Health Professional to… …   Wikipedia

• Nearest-neighbor interpolation — (blue lines) in one dimension on a (uniform) dataset (red points) …   Wikipedia

• nearest — nearest, next are both superlative forms of near, but they are not always interchangeable. Nearest may be used wherever the intent is merely to indicate the highest degree of propinquity (as in space, time, or kinship) {the nearest house is five… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms