Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nist

1 sense of nist

Sense 1
National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST -- (an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs)
       => agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority -- (an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority")